In 10 days’ time, the Indian cricket team’s lineup for the T20 World Cup will be announced. The date for announcing the provisional squad is May 1, which means that by the last week of April, the provisional squad for the T20 World Cup will be announced. A recent report by news agency PTI claimed that the BCCI selectors may not experiment too much and instead go for tried and tested players. The report also mentioned 10 players who were automatically selected – Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya Suryakumar Yadav, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.

However, the SPME expressed doubts about the usefulness of backup openers. The competition for this position is between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill. Reports also mentioned that if both are selected, one of the final contestants Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh may lose out.

Shivam Dube has scored 245 runs in seven games so far, averaging 49 with a strike rate of 157.05. Rinku Singh scored 83 goals in 6 games with a strike rate of 162.75 and an average strike rate of 27.67.

However, Shivam Dube failed to hit the mark on Friday and was dismissed in three of his eight deliveries. The left-hander Dube tried to pull out Marcus Stoinis outside off, but ended up chipping the ball high in the air, only for wicketkeeper KL Rahul to catch it deftly.

Irrfan Pathan, a member of the Indian team in the 2007 T20 World Cup, pointed out that this was a flaw in Dube’s batting.

“That shot outside the stump line I have been talking about for a long time. The last bowler used it against Dube,” posted Irrfan Pathan.

That shot outside the stump line I have been talking about for a long time. Finally, a bowler used it against Dube.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 19, 2024

Talking about the match, openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock put on a brilliant 50-run knock against slow bowling and put on a chase masterclass to help Lucknow Super Giants in Friday’s IPL match China beat Chennai Super Kings comfortably by eight wickets.

Ravindra Jadeja, who was asked to bat first, scored a solid unbeaten 57, followed by Moeen Ali (30 off 20) and MS Dhoni (28 off 9) A six-wicket frenzy saw CSK post 176 for six.

In reply, Rahul (82) and de Kock (54) batted with authority in their 134-run league win, the highest partnership among all wickets at the Ekana Stadium, as LSG Scored 180 runs for 2 times in 19 overs, recovering from behind. Taking the loss and cementing their position at the top of the table.

CSK, who came into the match with a double win, suffered their third defeat in this IPL.

With PTI input