India’s T20 World Cup Squad: The Board of Control for Cricket in India is set for the all-important meeting of its selection committee that will pick the national squad for the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by the USA and West Indies from June 2 to 29.
The wicketkeeper-batsman slot is expected to draw the most attention, with multiple names making claim through their performances in the ongoing Indian Premier League, with the primary contenders being Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Sanju Samson.
The squad, as announced earlier by Jay Shah, will be led by Rohit Sharma.
As this year’s IPL precedes a marquee global competition like the T20 World Cup, there is a familiar clamour building up to pick may be an Ashutosh Sharma or a Shashank Singh as finishers, as they have engineered a couple of stunning heists for Punjab Kings.
However, things don’t work out that way.
In the IPL, some of the Indian batters do not face four or five quality international bowlers for their full quota. Also, the wickets in the Caribbean and America, may not be as flat as they are in the IPL and may require batting skills and not just hitting skills as we are currently witnessing in the IPL.
India’s matches are all going to be day games to suit the broadcast timings for an Indian audience which means dew won’t be a factor and the wickets may offer some grip for the spinners and clearing one’s front leg and depositing the ball into the stands may not be so easy. May be, we will see lower scores and there may be place for someone who plays the role of a traditional sheet anchor.
