World Cup 2023: No surprises anticipated in Team India’s squad announcement

Prasidh Krishna and Tilak Varma — the 2 extra members of India’s 17-member squad together with Sanju Samson, the travelling reserve, are set to overlook out from India’s ODI World Cup squad. The 15-member squad is about to be introduced on Tuesday, the final day of the deadline to submit the squad.

The remaining 15 squad members of the Asia Cup, are set to steer India’s quest of repeating the heroics of 2011, when Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s males lifted the ODI World Cup on house soil.

It is very unlikely that both Ravichandran Ashwin, the veteran offspinner, or Washington Sundar, the offspinning-allrounder, will be capable to make a last-minute entry with the workforce administration preferring to strengthen its batting with a dependable choice at No. 8.

Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur have been recognized because the allrounders and are set to retain their place for the World Cup.

Sportstar understands that ever since chairman of the choice panel Ajit Agarkar joined the squad in Kandy on August 30, there have been a number of rounds of discussions between him, captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid.

Besides, the chief selector has additionally been preserving in contact along with his colleagues within the choice committee concerning the health standing of the recently-recovered trio — Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer and Okay.L. Rahul.

Bumrah and Iyer have proven no indicators of discomfort, though the previous has travelled to India for paternity go away. Okay.L. Rahul has additionally been cleared by the National Cricket Academy’s medical employees in Bengaluru, having recovered from a groin pressure he picked up forward of the Asia Cup.

As a consequence, the choice panel and the workforce administration are unlikely to tinker round with the core that had been recognized for the Asia Cup.

“It’s really a no-brainer. We picked these 18 guys, so it’ll be in and around those guys. Few important guys are coming back from injury. Hopefully, all goes well with them. They have got a few games now in the Asia Cup, so yeah, it’ll be between these guys” Agarkar had mentioned on August 21 in New Delhi, after asserting the squad for the Asia Cup.