BCCI announces Indian Squad for T20 World Cup 2021

The Indian national selectors on Wednesday announced the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be hosted in UAE and Oman.

R Ashwin has been included in the team and MS Dhoni will be the team mentor. Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav miss out on their selection. Sikhar Dhawan also misses out on his t20 World Cup dreams. India will begin its campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan.

India and Pakistan will be locking horns on October 24 in a group-stage encounter. The tournament will commence on October 17,  while the final will be played in Dubai on November 14.

SQUAD: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Varun, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan.

Stand-byes: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur. (ANI)