3 Players Who Were Not Selected In India's T20 World Cup Squad Because Of Poor Performance In Asia Cup 2022

The BCCI selection committee announced India’s T20 World Cup 2022  squad on Monday, September 12. Rohit Sharma will lead the 15-member squad with Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel making a comeback to the squad. Some of the players who were in the T20 World Cup last year have been ignored this year. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami is added to the reserves alongside Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar. 

Australia is the venue and host of the tournament. They are also the defending champions of the tournament. Last year. Australia won the title of T20 WC 2021 after defeating New Zealand in the final. Australia won their first-ever title in the tournament.

India’s T20 World Cup squad is almost the same as the Asia Cup squad that was announced. Ravindra Jadeja is a big miss in the side. However, the return of Bumrah and Harshal evens up. 

Another big news is Mohammed Shami not finding a spot in the main squad. He is among the reserves along with Ravi Bishnoi, Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar. Chahar and Bishnoi were a part of the main squad in the Asia Cup but is among the reserves for the T20 World Cup. 

The fitness and form of players was given a lot of attention by the selectors who have picked a well-balanced squad overall. There are a few key misses, especially Sanju Samson who was expected to be picked in place of Rishabh Pant who did not have a good outing in the Asia Cup 2022. 

In this article, we take a look at three players who were not selected for India’s T20 World Cup squad due to their poor performance in the Asia Cup. 

3 Players Who Were Not Selected In India’s T20 World Cup Squad Because Of Poor Performance In Asia Cup 2022

Avesh Khan

Avesh was one of three pacers originally picked in India’s Asia Cup squad. However, after the first two games, he fell ill and did not play any of the super 4 games for India. His untimely illness meant that India played with just two regular seamers for the majority of the Asia Cup. As it turned out, there was extra pressure on both the seamers to perform and Bhuvneshwar Kumar with all his experience conceded costly runs in the 19th overs against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The losses meant India faced a Super 4 exit from the tournament. 

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Ravi Bishnoi

More than poor form, Bishnoi missed out from India’s main T20 World Cup squad due to the team combination. The absence of Ravindra Jadeja meant that India had to have Axar Patel in the squad. Ashwin made it to the side as the specialist off-spinner and Chahal the specialist leg spinner. Bishnoi played the game against Pakistan in the Asia Cup and took 1 for 27. He did not make it to the XI in the rest of the games due to the team combination.

Deepak Chahar 

Chahar made a comeback to the Indian cricket team after a long injury layoff. He suffered a lower back injury which ruled him out of the IPL 2022 and every other international series till he was fit in the Asia Cup. He played the last Super 4 game against Afghanistan in which he went wicketless. The management felt that he is not yet fully fit which is why he is in the reserves for the T20 World Cup. 

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