First Published Sep 27, 2022, 5:00 PM IST
The T20 World Cup will be held in Australia from October 16 to November 13. All the T20 World Cup squads have been announced. An Indian squad of 15 players led by Rohit Sharma and 4 standby players was also announced.
Indian Team for T20 World Cup:
Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah , Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby Players – Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
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All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s absence from India’s T20 World Cup squad was seen as a major setback. Ravindra Jadeja can make a great contribution to the team in all aspects like dynamic batting, tremendous bowling, excellent fielding. However, Jadeja’s absence from the T20 World Cup due to surgery on the injury was seen as a major setback.
But with his likeness, left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel, playing as Jadeja’s replacement in the Indian team, his performance against Australia was such that Jadeja was not missed. Axar Patel, who bowled tremendously, helped the Indian team to win by taking 2 wickets in the 2nd T20 and 3 wickets in the 3rd T20 played as an 8 over match. Axar Patel is also a good batsman.
But Ajay Jadeja opined that he cannot fill Jadeja’s place in fielding. Axar Patel missed 2 catches in T20 series against Aussies. Axar Patel missed 2 simple catches which came under criticism.
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In this case, talking about Ravindra Jadeja’s replacement, Axar Patel, Ajay Jadeja said that Axar Patel proved his quality and ability in the first T20 match against Australia. Axar Patel made the most of his opportunity. Although we miss Ravindra Jadeja, we don’t miss him as a bowler. Axar Patel adds strength to the bowling unit. But Ajay Jadeja has said that Axar Patel cannot replace Jadeja in fielding.
Last Updated Sep 27, 2022, 5:00 PM IST