Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar just lately named his 15-member Indian group for the T20 World Cup, which had various surprises.
The Mumbai cricket stalwart who’s now an analyst selected to go away out talismanic Virat Kohli from the listing. He additionally omitted Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube from his aspect to journey to the USA and Caribbean in June.
What was additionally stunning is that his 15-member aspect had three wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Sanju Samson.
Different former cricketers like Irfan Pathan and Virender Sehwag have additionally shared their most popular 15-member groups for the T20 World Cup.
Right here’s The Indian Specific’ T20 World Cup Ladder
Manjrekar selected skipper Rohit Sharma to associate younger gun Yashasvi Jaiswal on the prime of the batting order with Samson and Suryakumar Yadav following them.
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya in the course of the IPL 2024 cricket match towards Chennai Tremendous Kings on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. (PTI Photograph)
The previous Mumbai batter then named all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Krunal Pandya in his 15, leaving out Krunal’s brother, Hardik Pandya. He additionally omitted Shivam Dube. Hardik has to this point endured a brutal season because the captain of the Mumbai Indians, the place he has repeatedly been jeered by followers within the stadium and trolled on-line.
In the meantime, Manjrekar additionally picked Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal as spinners whereas Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj made the lower as pacers.
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“That is very troublesome to select, as a result of there are too many high quality gamers within the nation in the meanwhile. Particularly after the IPL, you get too many choices. However let me make an effort,” Manjrekar says on a particular present on Star Sports activities earlier than naming his 15 and explaining his rationale for the picks.
Right here’s Manjrekar’s 15-member India group to play on the World T20:
Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Krunal Pandya
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