
On Wednesday (May 1), former England captain Michael Vaughan predicted the semifinalists of the 2024 T20 World Cup. The upcoming edition will be held in the West Indies and USA in June. Many major teams have announced their squads for the mega event and, thus, Vaughan shared his last four for the ninth edition. While many former cricketers and experts have named India and Australia or India and England as the two finalists, Vaughan made a bold claim by not including the Asian giants.
Neither India nor Pakistan!
Vaughan's T20 WC semifinalists are defending champions England, Australia, South Africa and co-hosts West Indies. He wrote on X, formerly Twitter, "My 4 Semi finalists for the T20 WC … England, Austrlalia, South Africa and the West Indies .. #T20WC2024"
Here is the post:
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Barring the Rovman Powell-led West Indies, all the other three teams have announced their respective squads. Pakistan have also not announced their 15-man squad but they are expected to reveal it by Wednesday, which is the cutoff date for all participating teams.
Meanwhile, the BCCI announced India's 15-man squad on Tuesday (April 30). Rohit Sharma will spearhead the Men in Blue with regulars such as Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, vice-captain Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah also being part of the squad. Rishabh Pant -- who made his return to competitive cricket in the ongoing IPL 2024 edition -- and Sanju Samson have also been picked. Shivam Dube is also part of the main squad, which doesn't comprise Rinku Singh and KL Rahul.
The likes of Shubman Gill, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan and Rinku are part of the reserves.
India Squad for T20 World Cup
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashashvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan