'Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid have…': Kumar Sangakkara explains why India are favourites to win the T20 World Cup

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In an enactment up of Rajasthan Royals' upcoming clash against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sangakkara said, "It's an highly beardown squad. They've got their batting covered, they've got their all-rounders in. They've got precise high-quality rotation and they've got precise bully combinations that they tin play," 

Moroever, the erstwhile Sri Lanka skipper besides answered a question connected what India's archetypal XI could look like. He said, "Knowing the conditions there, I'm definite Rahul (Dravid) and Rohit (Sharma) person a bully thought of what the squad should beryllium to play the cricket they privation successful the World Cup. And they'll beryllium having 2 oregon 3 antithetic combinations, depending connected whether they privation a deeper batting line-up oregon much spot successful their bowling. But it's a truly well-balanced squad, a precise beardown squad and India's ever been precise beardown successful planetary tournaments," 

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Notably, the 15-member squad that has been announced includes 3 players from the Rajasthan Royals setup, including skipper Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Meanwhile, pacer Avesh Khan has recovered a spot among the reserves. 

Among the cardinal omissions from the squad is left-handed batsman Rinku Singh, who has been consistently palmy astatine planetary and IPL level, but has mislaid his spot to Shivam Dube, who has the added quality to lend with the ball. LSG skipper KL Rahul has besides been near retired of the squad, with Sanju Samson the first-choice wicketkeeper and Rishabh Pant apt to beryllium his deputy.

India's squad  for T20 World Cup:

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. (ANI)

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Published: 02 May 2024, 01:51 PM IST