India announce World Cup squad

India have announced their 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia in October-November.

The squad saw three changes from the Asia Cup as Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, and Axar Patel came into the squad instead of Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, and Ravindra Jadeja.

Jadeja, who had to undergo surgery on his knee after the Asia Cup group stage, will not be participating in the World Cup.

The standby players for India at the World Cup will be Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, and Mohammad Shami.

India World Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh – TBP