Pant returns to the facet greater than a yr after his near-fatal automotive crash as India identify Rohit Sharma-led 15-man squad.
Rishabh Pant has discovered his method again into the Indian cricket group after being included within the nation’s 15-man squad for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024.
The wicketkeeper batter, who suffered a number of accidents in a horrific life-threatening automotive crash in December 2022, made his comeback to the sport earlier this month together with his Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals.
Pant was one of many few gamers whose inclusion within the T20 World Cup squad would have been topic to some scrutiny given his lack {of professional} outings in latest months.
Nevertheless, Indian selectors have put their weight behind the attacking batter who has scored 987 runs in 66 T20 internationals.
Rohit Sharma will lead India’s quest for a second T20 World Cup title, with all-rounder Hardik Pandya as his deputy.
🚨India’s squad for ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 introduced 🚨
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— BCCI (@BCCI) April 30, 2024
One other power-hitter, Rinku Singh, was named among the many 4 reserve gamers regardless of raking up runs for India within the latest bilateral T20 sequence.
Opener Shubman Gill additionally finds himself on the sidelines after the selectors opted to go along with latest breakout batter Yashasvi Jaiswal as captain Rohit’s opening associate.
Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh will bolster the tempo bowling division spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah whereas Yuzvendra Chahal is a part of a four-pronged spin assault alongside Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.
India made the semifinals two years in the past in Australia, dropping to eventual champions England.
They start their marketing campaign towards Eire in Group A, with the match to be performed in New York on June 5, earlier than they battle arch-rivals Pakistan in one of many occasion’s highly-anticipated matches 4 days later.
India’s T20 World Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan