The Indian cricket team for T20 World Cup 2024 will be announced in May. The selectors will sit in the first week of May and decide on the selection. While Rohit Sharma will take over the captaincy for the T20 World Cup to be held in June, Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain along with him. IPL 2024 is the biggest criterion for selection of Indian players. In such a situation, all the players are playing for different teams and showing their potential.
Along with Rohit and Hardik, the selection of Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav has been confirmed. Kohli is currently the batsman who has scored the most runs in IPL 2024. He played brilliantly and scored a century. Bumrah has recovered from the injury. Since then he has been giving batsmen sleepless nights. Rinku Singh proved to be a finisher in the last IPL. He has also been useful to Team India in the opportunities that have come his way. The same can be said about Surya. Number one player in T20 format. He played only one match in IPL 2024. But, his stats are amazing.
Rishabh Pant's place as wicket keeper looked assured. This player, who is coming back from a car accident, is excelling in fitness and form in IPL. BCCI Secretary Jai Shah recently said that if Pant plays in IPL 2024, his place is guaranteed. Yashaswi Jaiswal has a strong case to be Rohit Sharma's fellow opener.
Along with them, the position of Kuldeep Yadav as a spinner and Mohammed Siraj as Bumrah's partner pacer seems to be confirmed. Thus, these 10 players have almost booked their World Cup ticket. Yuzvendra Chahal, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson and Arshdeep Singh are claiming the remaining five spots. While Chahal competes as a second leg spinner, Patel-Jadeja competes as left-arm spin all-rounders. Samson is in the reserve keeper race and Shubman is in the opening option race. Arshdeep was selected as the third pacer.
Shivam Dubey and Abhishek Sharma created waves in IPL 2024 with their storming performance. However, it is very difficult for both of them to go to the T20 World Cup. Both may have to lose due to not bowling. Dubey bowls medium pace.
