Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube among 3 players likely to find a place in India T20 World Cup squad, BCCI sources reveal

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Report suggests Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, and KL Rahul apt to beryllium successful the T20 World Cup squad. Sanju Samson whitethorn miss out, raising questions. Hardik Pandya's spot uncertain with Dube's inclusion.

 Delhi Capitals skipper  Rishabh Pant takes the wicket of Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket lucifer  betwixt  Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians astatine  Arun Jaitley Stadium, successful  New Delhi, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI04_27_2024_000264A) (PTI)Premium New Delhi: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant takes the wicket of Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket lucifer betwixt Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians astatine Arun Jaitley Stadium, successful New Delhi, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI04_27_2024_000264A) (PTI)

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and main selector Ajit Agarkar are apt to convene an unofficial gathering regarding the enactment of the T20 World Cup successful Delhi, and the 15-member squad for the marquee lawsuit is apt to beryllium revealed connected May 1, the cut-off day acceptable by ICC.

Ahead of the authoritative announcement of the World Cup squad by BCCI, a latest study by quality bureau citing sources wrong the cricketing committee suggets that 3 cardinal IPL performers are apt to find a spot successful the 15 subordinate squad including Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube and KL Rahul.

The ANI study portion citing BCCI enactment committee root stated, “Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are apt to get selected for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 squad arsenic wicketkeepers. Shivam Dube is besides apt to get picked successful the squad,"

No spot for Sanju Samson successful T20 World Cup squad? 

If the study does crook retired to beryllium existent it would mean that the in-form Sanju Samson would erstwhile again beryllium snubbed for an ICC event. Notably, the RR skipper has been successful exceptional interaction successful this IPL play scoring 385 runs astatine an mean of 77 and a onslaught complaint of 161. The 29 twelvemonth aged had besides helped his broadside get to a comfy 7 wicket against the Lucknow Super Giants connected Saturday. Moreover, the enactment of Shivam Dube could besides mean that MI skipper Hardik Pandya whitethorn besides not find a spot successful the 15 subordinate squad. 

Consistency getting rewarded: 

LSG skipper KL Rahul has been amongst the astir accordant batters successful IPL successful the caller years, scoring successful excess of 400 runs astir each year. His eventual enactment would nonstop a connection that the selectors bash worth semipermanent consistency implicit a flavour-of-the-season approach. Similarly, Shivam Dube's performances implicit erstwhile fewer play , particularly since helium joined CSK, person astir forced the selectors to regularisation successful favour of the almighty left-hander. 

DC skipper Rishabh Pant, however, could beryllium a contentious prime fixed that the batter is coming backmost to nonrecreational cricket aft a spread of astir 1 ½ years and is yet to beryllium tested backmost successful the Blue jersey. Pant has scored 371 runs successful the 10 matches this play astatine a onslaught complaint of conscionable implicit 160 and an mean of 46.38.

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Published: 28 Apr 2024, 12:07 PM IST

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