ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Twitter Reacts As Mohammed Shami Returns To Indian Squad For T20 World Cup

Updated - 12 Sep 2022, 08:15 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Twitter Reacts As Mohammed Shami Returns To Indian Squad For T20 World Cup
ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Twitter Reacts As Mohammed Shami Returns To Indian Squad For T20 World Cup

The BCCI selection committee announced India’s T20 World Cup squad on Monday, September 12. Senior pacer Mohammed Shami has returned to the squad with Rohit Sharma leading the side. Among the other nominal names, Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel are also back in the squad. Shami finds himself in the reserves alongside Ravi Bishnoi and Shreyas Iyer

Mohammed Shami was not a part of India’s Asia Cup Squad. His exclusion became the subject of huge debate as India were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super 4 stage.  Shami who has made a return to the side played his last T20I against Namibia in the T20 World Cup 2021. Thus he is back in the T20I squad after almost a year. 

Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma
Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma. (Photo: Twitter)

Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Hooda retain their spots from the Asia Cup squad. Kohli ended the Sia Cup with 272 runs from five games with his maiden T20I ton against Afghanistan. Rohit and Rahul also scored some crucial runs. 

India T20 World Cup 2022 Squad
India T20 World Cup 2022 Squad

Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik both are selected for the T20 World Cup. Both of them also retain their spots from India’s Asia Cup squad. Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin are the two specialist spinners selected in the squad with Ravi Bishnoi finding himself in the reserves. Meanwhile, this is how the Twitterverse reacted to Shami’s return to the Indian T20I squad for the World Cup.

Twitter Reacts As Mohammed Shami Returns To India’s T20 World Cup squad

 

Shami’s return to India’s T20 World Cup squad is the big news at the moment. The selection committee was criticised for dropping him from the Asia Cup where the Indian team played with just two pacers. Along with Shami, Bumrah, Harshal, Bhuvi and Arshdeep complete India’s pace attack. 

India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: 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, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

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

Also Read: India Schedule For ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022

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