Shubman Gill replaces Rohit Sharma as opener; Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube ignored in India's T20 World Cup squad by M Vijay

Shubman Gill replaces Rohit Sharma as opener;  Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube ignored in India's T20 World Cup squad by M Vijay

If there was any dialogue across the opening spot for the T20 World Cup, it all the time involved whether or not India ought to go together with Virat Kohli as captain Rohit Sharma's accomplice or play a left-handed choice in Yashasvi Jaiswal. Nevertheless, former India cricketer Murali Vijay has provide you with a recent technique for the crew administration, the place he has snubbed Rohit from the opening position to suit him within the center order within the batting lineup.

Murali Vijay picks his 15-member India squad for T20 World Cup

The discussions across the T20 World Cup squad has grown from intense over the weekend with BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar having met Rohit in New Delhi on Sunday on the sidelines of the continued IPL 2024. The previous cricketer, together with fellow members of the choice. committee, on Tuesday met BCCI secretary Jay Shah to finalize on the squad for the World Cup.

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Forward of the massive announcement, Vijay reckoned that captain Rohit ought to bat within the center order for India within the T20 World Cup and permit Shubman Gill to pair up with Jaiswal as openers. Rohit has batted at No. four and 5 16 occasions in his T20I profession, scoring 275 runs at a strike charge of simply 119.56 with three fifties.

The opposite huge resolution that the previous Chennai Tremendous Kings batter took was choosing KL Rahul because the back-up wicketkeeper forward of Sanju Samson, regardless of the Rajasthan Royals batter having a greater IPL 2024 season than his Lucknow Tremendous Giants counterpart. Samson scored 385 runs at a strike charge of 161 this season, the second-highest amongst Indian holding choices, after Rishabh Pant, whereas Rahul has managed 363 runs in eight video games at a strike charge of 143.47.

The largest name by Vijay nonetheless was to exclude each the power-hitters in Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube, regardless of all his colleagues within the commentary field this IPL season calling for his or her inclusion. And it comes amid studies that the selectors are extra eager on having specialist choices for the No. 5, 6 and seven position within the T20I batting lineup.

Murali Vijay's 15-member India squad for T20 World Cup 2024: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mayank Yadav, Y Natarajan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul.