Most of India’s players leaving for T20 World Cup will leave for New York on this date Cricket News

Most of the Indian players along with the jumbo support staff will fly to New York on May 25, while the rest will leave for the T20 World Cup only after the IPL final on May 26. Earlier, members of the teams that failed to qualify for the playoffs were to leave for New York on May 21, two days after the final IPL league game on May 19, but it turns out there has been a change. In the plans and now the first batch will leave on 25th May.

“Some players like captain Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel along with the support staff are expected to leave on May 25,” a BCCI source told PTI. ” Condition of anonymity.

“Earlier, the departure date of the first batch was May 21, but since India is playing only one practice match (vs Bangladesh on June 1), the players will get a chance to spend a few extra days at home,” the source said.

Only those players who are part of the IPL final will stay back and leave for New York on May 27.

This will give the team enough time to reduce jet lag and at least three to four quality net sessions before the Bangladesh practice match.

India will start its campaign against Ireland in New York on June 5, which will be followed by a crucial match against Pakistan on June 9.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.

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