Scott Styris has included an uncapped player instead of wicket-keeper MS Dhoni and Mohammad Shami in India’s squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris picked an Indian squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. His squad has a few expected and unexpected changes to the team that is playing a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.
Styris Rohit Sharma, along with KL Rahul as well as Shikhar Dhawan as openers in the squad. The southpaw made his comeback to the Indian team after an injury layoff but failed to get going in the second T20I against Sri Lanka. However, fans expect him to get back in the form given the caliber he possesses.
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Skipper Virat Kohli and pacer Jasprit Bumrah are no brainers. He has kept Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson in the side and decided to drop Manish Pandey, who is warming the bench for too long now. Instead of the Karnataka batsman, he has included the uncapped Shubman Gill. Gill is extremely talented and can do justice to the spot but is not in the thick of things for Team India in the T20Is right now.
The return of Hardik Pandya meant that he replaced Shivam Dube in the squad. Styris has not sprung up any surprises in the spin department as he has gone with the traditional Kul-Cha pair and Ravindra Jadeja. However, Washington Sundar does not appear in his team.
In the pace bowling attack, he has dropped Mohammad Shami and picked Navdeep Saini and Deepak Chahar to bowl alongside Bumrah. The injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur missed out from the squad. The Indian team will be playing the third T20I against Sri Lanka on January 10 in Pune.
Here is Scott Styris’ India squad for T20 World Cup 2020:
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya. Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar.
(Inputs from Hindustan Times)
