All four of Squad India’s backup players will accompany the team to Australia for the T20 World Cup. Therefore, during the warm-up games, Mohammed Shami, Deepak Chahar, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shreyas Iyer would all be available to guide the squad. Although it is uncommon for teams to carry standby players, BCCI has made the decision to have them on hand in case of injury at any moment. On October 6, the group lead by Rohit Sharma will depart for Australia.
According to protocol, the ICC will only cover the travel expenses of the 15-member team and support personnel. As a result, the backup players usually do not travel with the team. Axar Patel wasn’t even part of the squad for the Asia Cup. BCCI made accommodations for Deepak Chahar. The T20 World Cup will follow the same pattern. All four of the standby players’ travel and lodging will be handled by BCCI.
After the selection committee and team management requested that the BCCI send the standbys with the squad, a decision was made. In the event of an injury, the team will benefit from selecting any reserve player, particularly a pacer. When India previously toured Australia, the majority of the players on their first squad were injured, which cost them dearly. Net bowlers have to be added to India’s starting lineup for the Gabba Test.
- India will have all of its backup players available with the team for the first time.
Mohammed Shami and Deepak Chahar must be there for the squad to be prepared since they are still making a recovery. - They will get instruction from Rahul Dravid and Paras Mhambrey so that they may be called upon to fill in for an injured player if necessary.
- India is also keeping in mind their prior experiences. Only one member of the original team was still on board for India’s 2020 visit to Australia.
- India will have their whole 19-member team ready to prevent such a situation.
- India is also aware that their 15-member team only has four seamers available to them, which may not be enough in the event of an injury.
- They need to play together often to be in sync since Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Shami are yet to make their comebacks and Mohammed Shami hasn’t played a T20I since the T20 WC.
- On October 6, Team India will depart for Australia right after the T20 series against South Africa is over.
While Mohammed Shami will go with the squad to Australia and South Africa, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be in attendance at the NCA. Before leaving for Australia, they will be working on conditioning at the NCA.
Mohammed Shami, who hasn’t played in a T20I since the T20 WC 2021, will, however, be the centre of attention during the Australia series. He was only brought back as a result of injuries to Bumrah and Harshal. However, due to the importance of his achievements and experience in Australia, he is prepared to be included to the team in the event of an injury.
“A player cannot be immediately picked for the T20 World Cup if they have not participated in T20Is for 10 months. A certain procedure was followed.
During his absence, Harshal Patel made the greatest progress. And it can’t be disregarded. Shami may have been chosen if Harshal or Jasprit hadn’t recovered. He must adhere to the procedure as well, a member of the selection committee informed InsideSport.
Why is Shami only one step away from making the India T20 WC squad?
Team India has six official T20 matches to put up the finest lineup for the T20 World Cup.
- The majority of games are anticipated to feature Shami, Bumrah, and Harshal.
- However, given that India will travel 8,800 kilometres across 6 matches in 14 days, there is a chance of injury.
- There won’t be many choices left for India with little over a month till the T20 World Cup except include Mohammed Shami.
- In reality, he will enter the room before Deepak Chahar.
- Despite the fact that Deepak Chahar is on the standby list, Shami will have an advantage due to his previous playing time in Australia.
- Shami has had success in Australia as well.
- He is the top Indian pacer currently playing in Australia, having taken 53 wickets in 23 matches for a total of 53 wickets.
- Shami may thus be essential to India’s T20 World Cup effort.
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