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The Indian team was announced for the T20 World Cup 2024 to be jointly hosted by America and West Indies. The 15-member Indian team included 4 spinners and 3 fast bowlers. The Indian team has 4 spinners in the form of Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. In some of these matches, 2 or 3 spinners can make a place in the playing-11.
can go with 3 spinners
The Indian team has been placed in Group A for the T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from India, this group includes Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and America. Team India will play its group stage matches in America. After this the team will go to West Indies for the Super-8 match. West Indies pitches are spin friendly, hence spinners are given priority in the Indian team. The Indian team will field with 3 spinners on the West Indies pitches.
Competition between Chahal and Patel
It is almost certain that Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav will get a place in India's playing eleven in the West Indies. Jadeja is a finger spinner, while Kuldeep is a wrist spinner. Both the players are bowling brilliantly in IPL 2024 also. Jadeja also adds depth to the batting order. There will be a battle for the third spinner between Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel.
Performance of Chahal and Patel in T20I
All-rounder Akshar Patel has scored 361 runs in 31 innings of 52 T20 International matches. During this period he has also scored 1 half-century. Apart from this, he has 49 wickets in his name in 50 innings. Along with batting, Akshar is also capable of bowling. Chahal has 96 victims in 79 innings of 80 T20 International matches. During this period his average was 25.09 and economy was 8.19. 6/25 is his best performance in this format.
Indian team for World Cup
Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserve players: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Avesh Khan.