Even as India prepares for the showpiece event on home soil, the national selectors and the team management are sweating over the fitness and availability of some key players including Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Rishabh Pant, who are sidelined with injuries. While pace spearhead Jasprit Bum
Kaif's statement comes as a new-look Indian team is trailing 2-0 in the T20I series against West Indies under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. Seniors like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not been considered for T20Is this year while Bumrah, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant are on t
India has played their recent tournaments/big matches like ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, the ICC World Test Championship and some big bilateral series, like against Australia without some of their big stars like Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul
Jasprit Bumrah makes his return to competitive cricket as he will lead India during the T20I series against Ireland, starting in August, announced the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on July 31.
Rahul, who also captains The Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL), sustained an injury in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on May 1
The pacer pointed out India's disappointing performances against Bangladesh, South Africa, and Australia in bilateral series cricket and Men in Blue's heartbreaking exits in the 2021 and 2022 ICC T20 World Cups.