“Very strong”: Sri Lanka great’s honest verdict on India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad cricket news

Former Sri Lankan cricketer and Rajasthan Royals (RR) director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara lauded India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 and called it an “extremely strong” squad. India will begin its T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 05, 2024, followed by a crucial match against Pakistan at the same venue on June 09, 2024. After this, India will play America and Canada on June 12 and 15 respectively.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of RR’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 024, Sangakkara said that the Men in Blue have a “high quality” spin attack in their squad for the T20 World Cup. Is. cup 2024.

“This is a very strong team. They have their batting, they have their all-rounders. They have very high quality spin and they have very good combinations that they can play,” Sangakkara said. ,

The former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman said Rohit Sharma-led India have a “well-balanced” squad for the upcoming ICC event. Sangakkara also pointed out that India has always been strong in international tournaments.

“Knowing the conditions there, I am sure Rahul (Dravid) and Rohit (Sharma) have a good idea of ​​what the team should be like to play the cricket they want in the World Cup. And they have two or three There will be different player combinations, depending on whether they want a deeper batting line-up or more strength in their bowling, but it is a really well-balanced team, a very strong team and India has always been very strong in international tournaments.”

India has included two wicketkeepers in its team including Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson. Star batsman Virat Kohli, who is scoring runs in the ongoing IPL 2024, has also been included in the squad.

Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed and Avesh Khan have been kept as reserve players.

India have been placed in Group A of the ICC tournament along with arch-rivals Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and co-hosts USA.

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), 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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