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Ahmedabad, April 30: BCCI on Tuesday announced a 15-player squad for the T20 World Cup which will be played in West Indies and USA.
Rohit Sharma has been named the captain of the team whereas Hardik Pandya will serve as the vice-captain.
Sanju Samson and Shivam Dubey, who have been in a really good form in the ongoing IPL have been included in the team.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has also been included in the team.
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant who is the captain of Delhi Capitals has also been selected for the World Cup.
Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan and Khaleel Ahmed are the four reserve players for the tournament.
The likes of KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma and Ravi Bishnoi have not been selected.
India’s 15-player squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj
