#T20WorldCup2022 : India Announce 15-Member Squad; Rohit Sharma To Lead, K L Rahul Deputy; Jasprit Bumrah Returns

BCCI has announced a strong 15- man Indian team for the T20 World Cup In Australia . Rohit Sharma will be the skipper . K l Rahul will remain his deputy . The mega tournament begins on October 16 .

pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal patel make a comeback after recovering form injuries. Bumrah, who was suffering from back injury and Harshal, who had a side strain, had done an intense rehabilitation programme at the National Cricket Academy and the BCCI medical team has deemed them fit for the marquee series.

The two players, who missed out on World Cup berth were pacer Avesh Khan and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar

Mohammed Shami was back in the scheme of things as he has been picked for the T20 series versus Australia and South Africa prior to the mega event and is also among the four standbys who will travel Down Under.

The selectors also named the Australia T20I and South Africa series

For Australia T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.

For South Africa T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.