Team India, who are the world’s top-ranked team in the MRF Tires T20I team rankings, will be looking for a much better performance than their group-stage elimination in 2021, and have brought a talent-packed team to Australia. Jasprit Bumrah’s exit due to injury is a blow but India will be confident that they have the depth to cover the star pacer’s absence.
After an unofficial warmup against Australia on Monday and against New Zealand in Brisbane on Wednesday, India’s campaign will begin with a blockbuster against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 October, which is sold out. She will then play Bangladesh and South Africa as well as two first-round qualifiers.
India are adapting in Western Australia, where they faced victories and losses in warm-up games against the West Australian XI.
ICC T20 World Cup: Team India’s complete schedule
India vs Pakistan
Sunday 23 October
MCG, Melbourne
India Vs Runner-up Group A
Thursday 27 October
SCG, Sydney
India vs South Africa
Sunday 30 October
Perth Stadium, Perth
India vs Bangladesh
Wednesday 02 November
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
India vs Winner Group B
Sunday 06 November
MCG, Melbourne
Team India Team:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Shami,
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said that Mohammed Shami will be the 15th player in the team to replace Bumrah. Shami had already landed in Australia and will join the Indian team in Brisbane next week for two warm-up matches against Australia and New Zealand.
Shami has experience of playing in Australia and was India’s second highest wicket-taker during the ODI World Cup in 2019. The right-arm pacer was supposed to play in the home T20 series against Australia and South Africa last month but was ruled out after that. Tested positive for COVID-19.
He hasn’t played a T20 International in almost a year since taking six wickets in five matches during the last T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
,With input from agencies
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