India’s captain Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar attended the press convention to deal with India’s T20 World Cup squad announcement on May 2 (Thursday) on the BCCI Headquarters in Mumbai. As anticipated they have been requested about Rinku Singh not discovering a spot within the squad regardless of averaging 89 and hanging at 176 in his 15-match T20I profession to date.
Responding to the identical, Agarkar revealed that it was simply unlucky that the younger left-hander could not make it. He additionally said that Rinku did nothing improper as he was in distinctive kind enjoying for India ever since making his debut in August final 12 months.
Agarkar additionally said that they’re not sure concerning the circumstances on provide within the West Indies and the USA and therefore, they needed to spherical up the squad with as many choices for the captain Rohit. He additionally famous that the choice would’ve been robust to simply accept for Rinku however highighted that he’s a part of the travelling reserves as effectively.
“It was the toughest thing we had to discuss. He has done nothing wrong. It’s again the combinations like Rohit said we are not quite sure what conditions we will get. So we wanted to try and have enough options. So there are couple of wrist spinners that were included in the squad. It’s just unfortunate. I don’t think it has anything to do with Rinku Singh. It’s not his fault that he has missed out. He is still one of the travelling reserves but that’s how close he was. It’s a little bit tough on him. But at the end of the day, you can only pick 15,” Agarkar mentioned.
India squad for T20 World Cup 2024:Â Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan
