India’s WC23 Squad Declared, KL Rahul In, Tilak Varma & Sanu Samson out

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a 15-member provisional squad for the ODI World Cup 2023 on Tuesday.

The BCCI preferred to include wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul although he did not take part in the Asia Cup 2023 game against Pakistan.

Tilak Varma, who was selected in India’s 17-member team for the Asia Cup, didn’t find a place in the 15-man World Cup squad. Similarly, Sanju Samson was also dropped. Prasidh Krishna wasn’t picked by the selectors either. But Jasprit Bumrah was selected.

India’s squad for Cricket World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.