Due to a plenty of options, a few talented and deserving players did not make it to the Indian squad. Shreyas Iyer was the highest run scorer for team India in the year 2022. He has secured his place in the ODI playing 11 of India. However, Shreyas is not selected in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad.
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan
Why Shreyas Iyer is not selected in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad?
Shreyas Iyer has not been selected in India’s squad for T20 World Cup 2024 because he is a middle order batsman and the middle order of India’s Playing 11 is already stacked. The presence of Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya leave no space for Shreyas Iyer. Apart from that, Iyer was also removed from BCCI central contract due to disciplinary reasons.
Why Prithvi Shaw is not selected in India’s T20 World Cup Squad?
The non-selection of Shreyas Iyer in the 15-member squad is surprising because he has been India’s designated number four in ODI international for the last three years and he has done well at that position.
