Former World No.1 T20I bowler not included in India’s squad for 20-over WC 2024

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. The Indian assume tank has made some massive choices in selecting the squad for the event. The squad can be led by Rohit Sharma, whereas Hardik Pandya can be his deputy.

The selectors have made some robust choices to drop gamers like KL Rahul, Rinku Singh and Shubman Gill from the principle squad. While these gamers are undoubtedly famend, there’s yet another absentee in the squad, who was the World No.1 participant a number of months again.

Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi has been axed from the Indian squad for the worldwide event regardless of being a former World No.1 participant. Not solely this, the leg spinner was a daily a part of the Indian staff in a number of sequence for greater than a 12 months. 

The 23-year-old leggie grew to become the World No.1 bowler after India’s T20I sequence towards Australia in late 2023 the place he was a standout performer for the Men in Blue. Bishnoi took 9 wickets from 5 matches at a median of 18.22. This led him to dethrone Afghanistan icon Rashid Khan from the highest of the T20I standings to turn into the brand new World No.1 bowler in the world. 

Currently, Bishnoi is ranked joint fifth in the bowlers’ chart. He was additionally a part of the T20I squad for the sequence towards Afghanistan the place he picked two wickets and his common went as much as 56 with the financial system additionally touching greater than 10.

The selectors have named 4 spinners in the 15-men squad for the event and Yuzvendra Chahal has discovered himself making a return after final taking part in a T20I in August 2023. The different spinners to have gotten the nod are Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav.

India squad for T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, 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.

Travelling Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan