India Squad for T20 World Cup 2021: Shikhar Dhawan, Yuzvendra Chahal & Kuldeep Yadav Miss Out As BCCI Picks 15-Member Team for Mega Event
The Indian team for the T20 World Cup this October is a blend of youth and experience. Suryakumar Yadav, after his exploits during the Sri Lanka tour has earned a much-deserved call up alongside Mumbai Indians' teammate Ishan Kishan. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur have been selected as standby players.
The BCCI on Wednesday picked the 15-member team for the T20 World Cup 2021 in October. Shikhar Dhawan, who captained the Indian side in Sri Lanka, missed out alongside Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, who too were notable absentees from the squad.
See the team below:
TEAM - Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami.#TeamIndia
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 8, 2021
Standby players – Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.#TeamIndia
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 8, 2021
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