On Tuesday (April 30), the Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI selection committee announced India’s 15-man squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup, to be held in the West Indies and USA in June. Rohit Sharma will lead the national side while Hardik Pandya will be his deputy. Among the big names, both Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson have been included in the provisional squad, while KL Rahul has been left out. The likes of Rinku Singh and Shubman Gill have been named in the reserves.

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BCCI shared India’s squad on their official handle on X, formerly Twitter. Here is the post:

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Talking about the squad, Rinku Singh — who averages a whopping 89 and strikes at 176.23 in 15 T20Is — and KL Rahul are the two big names to miss out. Rinku has done incredibly well in the limited chances he has got for Team India in the shortest format. However, Shivam Dube, Hardik and Ravindra Jadeja got the nod ahead of him. Dube has been in top form, both for India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the past year and, hence, got rewarded.

Meanwhile, Rahul was also in contention but missed out with Pant — who made his return to competitive cricket during IPL 2024 — and Samson edged past the former due to their form in the ongoing IPL season. Pant and Samson have been among runs in the 2024 edition, fourth and sixth-highest run-getter respectively, with a better strike-rate than Rahul.

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