Captain Rohit Sharma says current Indian Premier League form has been hardly a factor when it came to picking India’s squad for the T20 World Cup. Sharma says on Thursday they could have picked the 15-man squad before the IPL. They waited until this week and chose nine of the team that reached the 2022 semifinals.
Mumbai India ns’ Rohit Sharma looks on during the India n Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai India ns in Lucknow, India , Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mumbai India ns’ Rohit Sharma warms up before the India n Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai India ns in Lucknow, India , Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
“We nearly made our squad combination before the IPL began ,” Sharma said on Thursday in a news conference. “There is nobody new coming into the squad, and a lot of our players have been playing T20s before the IPL. We just had to fill in some gaps and that’s where the IPL has helped us. We knew our core group and only made a few additions.”
Sharma, 37, and Kohli, 35, are set to appear in their sixth consecutive T20 World Cup. They have never tasted success. Lokesh Rahul played at the last two T20 World Cup and in the Cricket World Cup late last year but has missed out this time. The wicketkeepers were Rishabh Pant — his comeback for India after his near-fatal car crash in late 2022 — and Sanju Samson because of their ability to bat in the middle order.
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