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India World Cup Squad 2023, Samson and Chahal miss out on the squad.

The team has decided to pick Shardul Thakur and Axar Patel ahead of Yuzi Chahal.

A few weeks ago, India announced their Asia Cup tournament squad, which had many shocking choices. Players like KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, and Shreyas Iyer returned to the ODI set, whereas Tilak Verma was a completely unexpected pick in the Asia Cup squad. Surprisingly, players like Yuzi Chahal, Sanju Samson, and Shikar Dhawan missed out on the squad.

With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 hosted in India, the cricketing universe is excited for the monumental event in October. Teams are almost ready, and many of the teams have officially announced their squads for the World Cup. Well, the question was about India’s World Cup squad for the 2023 World Cup, as many stars would be left out of the squad.

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India World Cup Squad 2023

India announced their 15-man World Cup squad, which will represent the country in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

  1. Rohit Sharma (Captain)
  2. Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain)
  3. Virat Kohli
  4. Shubman Gill
  5. Ishan Kishan
  6. Shreyas Iyer
  7. Kl Rahul
  8. Suryakumar Yadav
  9. Ravindra Jadeja
  10. Axar Patel
  11. Kuldeep Yadav
  12. Shardul Thakur
  13. Jasprit Bumrah
  14. Mohammed Shami
  15. Mohammad Siraj

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Key players to miss out on the squad

  • Yuzi Chahal
  • Shikar Dhawan
  • Sanju Samson
  • Rishab Pant (Injury)
  • Prasidh Krishna

The team has decided to pick Shardul Thakur and Axar Patel ahead of Yuzi Chahal. There were many questions and debates about who should be selected for the squad and who should be left out. Well, now the questions and debates are all cleared, as the perfect 15-man squad is ahead of us.

Every team can make changes before September 28. But there are next to zero chances of any changes in the squad unless there is an injury. The selectors, as well as the captain and coaching staff, were well aware of the decision.

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