Almost all the countries are in the process of announcing their teams for the T20 World Cup to be held next month. The BCCI is likely to announce the Indian squad on Wednesday.
Former Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has announced his squad of 15 for the T20 World Cup. Surprisingly, left-hander Shikhar Dhawan and Right-hander Shreyas Iyer were excluded from Gavaskar’s squad.
As per Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will open the batting while Suryakumar Yadav will occupy the No.3 slot, and the Pandya brothers, Hardik and Krunal, will occupy the middle order. He picked two other all-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.
Gavaskar also picked five pacers, naming Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, and Mohammed Shami in his squad. The only specialist spinner who made it was Yuzvendra Chahal.
Sunil Gavaskar’s India squad for T20 World Cup 2021: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar (subject to fitness), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal.