VVS Laxman shortlists India’s most certain and improbable players for next year's T20 World Cup

The T20 World Cup is slated to be held in Australia from October 18.

Laxman feels Dhoni is unlikely to travel to Australia for the T20 World Cup | Getty

Even though the T20 World Cup 2020 is almost a year away, cricket fans and experts have already started working on their probable squad for the 16 participating teams.  

On Sunday (November 3), batting legend VVS Laxman shortlisted India’s most certain and improbable players for the showpiece event, slated to be held in Australia from October 18 to November 15.

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Speaking to Star Sports ahead of the first T20I between India and Bangladesh in Delhi, Laxman unsurprisingly picked Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah for the confirmed spots. In the same category, he also opted for all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who recently underwent a surgery to treat his lower back issue.

Laxman placed Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the ‘most certain’ group while he slotted Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and Deepak Chahar in the ‘likely’ category.

According to Laxman, veteran wicketkeeper batsman MS Dhoni has a very slim chance of making it to the squad and thus he kept him in the list of ‘longshots’. Two other keepers, Dinesh Karthik and Sanju Samson, also featured in the same list alongside rookie all-rounder Shivam Dube.

Laxman feels pacer Navdeep Saini is unlikely to travel to Australia despite his stellar performance in the debut T20I series against West Indies in August.  He also put Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Khaleel Ahmed in the list of improbables.

Here’s the full list:

Confirmed Spots - Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah

Most Certain - Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Likely - Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar

Longshots - Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube

Improbables - Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini

 
 

By Salman Anjum - 04 Nov, 2019

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