All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who recently underwent knee surgery after a ‘freak’ injury, failed to make the cut, as was earlier reported by TOI.
Who will lead the team for T20 World Cup? Rohit Sharma And KL Rahul He will be the vice-captain in this marquee tournament to be held in Australia from October 16.
India will play its first match against Pakistan on 23 October.
Bumrah, who suffered from a back injury and Harshal, who had a side strain, underwent an intensive rehabilitation program at the National Cricket Academy and the BCCI medical team has deemed them fit for the marquee series.
The two players to be ruled out of the World Cup were pacer Avesh Khan and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who was overtaken by senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Once Harshal was fit and available, Avesh had little chance of making the cut, especially with a death over economy rate of 18 in the recent past.
The batting unit, which did not live up to the expectations on the big day, more or less remained the same and in fact there are no new faces from the last T20 World Cup squad except Deepak Hooda, who will not always be an automatic first XI player.
Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has been included in the squad and will be the second keeper along with Rishabh Pant.
Axar Patel, who played India’s final match in the Asia Cup against Afghanistan, has been replaced by Jadeja.
Indian team for T20 world cup 2022
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat KohliSuryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
standby player – Mo. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
Along with the T20 World Cup squad, the board also announced the squad for the home T20 series in Australia and South Africa.
India squad for Australia T20IsRohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd. . Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah
Indian team for South Africa T20 International: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah
Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will report to the NCA for conditioning related work during the home series against Australia and South Africa.
Bhuvneshwar will be out of the South Africa series while Hardik and Arshdeep will be out of the Australia series starting September 20. watch BCCI announces 15-man squad for T20 World Cup