The Indian squad, led by Rohit Sharma, will compete in the ICC T20I (Twenty20 International) World Cup 2022, which gets underway later this month. They hope to win the tournament for the first time since MS Dhoni-led them to victory in 2007.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian squad will aim for much better performance in Australia after a dismal showing in the T20I World Cup 2021, where they failed to get to the semifinals.
Australia will host the 2022 T20I World Cup competition. The Men in Blue will take against Pakistan in the tournament’s opening game at Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 23. With countries like Pakistan, South Africa, and Bangladesh in its pool, India is a part of tournament group 2.
KL Rahul also serves as the Indian team’s vice-captain. The right-handed batter has two half-centuries and 108 runs in two games versus South Africa. The right-handed batter scored 66 runs in 3 games against Australia, including 1 half-century.
KL Rahul will feel more confident after his 55-ball-74 innings against Western Australia in the second warm-up game. In the first warm-up game against Australia, he scored the most runs with 57 off 33 balls.
Rohit Sharma will be leading India in this competition for the first time as an ICC captain. During the previous T20I series against South Africa, Rohit Sharma scored 43 runs in three games. In two of the games, he was out for ducks, but he performed well in the other. Rohit Sharma scored 74 runs in three games during the previous T20I series against Australia and was named man of the match in one of those games.
Later, Virat Kohli scored 76 runs against Australia in 3 games, including a game-winning 63 in the third T20I encounter. Virat Kohli scored 52 runs in two games against South Africa, including an unbeaten 49-run effort in one game. In the Asia Cup 2022, where he amassed 276 runs in 5 T20Is at an average of 92, Virat Kohli just regained his form.
India’s playing XI against Pakistan for their opening match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022:
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
