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Dinesh Karthi has been included in the squad. Image Source: Twitter |
India on April 15 announced 15-member squad for the upcoming World Cup 2019. Rishabh Pant misses out a spot in the squad as Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar and KL Rahul have been included.
Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik
Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant have been in decent form in the on-going Indian Premier League(IPL). However, Dinesh Karthik is also not seen in the best of form as well, but he has a fixed spot because of his experience. Chairman of selectors, MSK Prasad stated that Karthik was preferred over Pant due to his superior 'keeping skills.'
"Definitely a case where we debated (at) length. We all (agreed) that either Rishabh Pant or Dinesh Karthik will come in only when (Dhoni) is injured. In an important game, wicket keeping is also important. That's the reason we went with Dinesh Karthik," Prasad added.
Ravindra Jadeja has also been named in the squad as the third spinner. The pace department will be led Jasprit Bumrah along sides of Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Speaking about Rayudu's exclusion, Prasad said: "After the Champions Trophy (2017), we tried quite a few people in that position. We did give a few more chances to Rayudu. Vijay Shankar is three dimensional. We are looking at him at no. 4 to begin with. We also have Dinesh Karthik and Kedar Jadhav. It's not that anything that went against (Rayudu), it's that a few things went for (Vijay Shankar)."
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