The Indian selectors and the team management have been working in tandem to pick a string team of fifteen for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. The deadline to submit the provisional squads to the International Cricket Council (ICC) is May 1 and if several media reports are to be believed, the Ajit Agarkar-led committee shall roll out the names on Wednesday itself.
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According to the Times of India, the Indian team is slated to leave for the World Cup on May 21 with the players who will be out of the IPL by then. The report also stated that there are several major issues which are needed to be addressed before BCCI Secretary Jay Shah formally announces the list of players flying to the West for the showpiece ICC event.
Agarkar in Delhi
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar was in the national capital to watch the IPL 2024 fixture between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians. According to a report carried out by Dainik Jagan, the chief selector had an informal meeting with Indian captain Rohit Sharma about the team.
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Selectors sweat over bowling unit
If the ongoing IPL is the basis to select the squad then the selectors and team management must be fretting over building a pace battery for the World Cup While Jasprit Bumrah is functioning in a different dimension altogether, the likes of Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh have failed to impress with the ball. Though both of them have been conceding runs over 9, the latter has more wickets in the league.
“The team management wants to trust the players it has groomed. There are concerns about Siraj and Arshdeep going for so many runs but one has to look at the context,” a source was quoted as saying by the TOI.
“Jasprit Bumrah is a different class. The others should not be compared with him. There won’t be an ‘impact player’ rule in the World Cup. Axar Patel, for example, has been exemplary with his economy rate,” it added.
Fight for the second wicketkeeper
The report further suggested that selectors are mulling over the likes of Sanju Samson and KL Rahul for the spot of the second wicketkeeper as Rishabh Pant seems to be the first choice. If Gill misses out then Rahul shall peep Samson and get the nod even though the latter is having a fantastic season in the IPL 2024.
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