Former Sri Lanka captain and current Rajasthan Royals (RR) coach, Kumar Sangakkara tipped India as the top contender to win the upcoming T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin on June 1. The legendary Sri Lanka batter, Sangakkara analysed the Indian squad for the ICC tournament and affirmed that India have all bases covered to finally end their ICC trophy drought.
"It's an extremely strong squad. They've got their batting covered, they've got their all-rounders in. They've got very high-quality spin and they've got very good combinations that they can play," Sangakkara said ahead of RR's match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
"Knowing the conditions there, I'm sure Rahul (Dravid) and Rohit (Sharma) have a good idea of what the squad should be to play the cricket they want in the World Cup. And they'll be having two or three different combinations, depending on whether they want a deeper batting line-up or more strength in their bowling. But it's a really well-balanced squad, a very strong squad and India's always been very strong in international tournaments," he added.
India squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unveiled the senior men's national squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup on April 30. Apart from the 15-member squad, the BCCI also named four players in travelling reserves.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan.
Three RR players have been named in India's squad for the World Cup. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal have been named in the 15-member squad while right-arm pacer Avesh Khan has been named in the traveling reserves.
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