The highly-anticipated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be played in the West Indies and the United States. The marquee event will kick off on June 1 and it will come to a close on June 29. As of now, the Indian players have been busy playing for their respective teams in the ongoing Indian Premier League. At the same time, the national selections have been monitoring the players’ performances.
Based on the players’ presentation, they will be duly rewarded with a precious ticket to play in the T20 World Cup. Recently, several experts and former cricketers have been chipping in with the India’s playing XI for T20 World Cup 2024, taking the players’ recent form factor into account. Meanwhile, Indian commentator, Sanjay Manjrekar picked his playing 11 for T20 World Cup.
Virat Kohli finds no place in Sanjay Manjrekar’s Indian squad for T20 World Cup
Surprisingly, Virat Kohli finds no place at all in Sanjay Manjrekar’s Indian squad for the upcoming marquee event. Currently, Kohli is the leading run-scorer in the IPL 2024 with 430 runs in nine games at an average of 61.43. As of now, he is the proud owner of the Orange Cap. Manjrekar hasn’t revealed the reason behind missing out on Kohli’s name but it may be down to the fact that the batter’s strike-rate hasn’t been that impressive, considering a player of his caliber.
Virat Kohli has been on the receiving end for his strike-rate in the ongoing IPL season. Apart from the powerplay overs, he hasn’t quite been able to unleash his fury. While echoing his thoughts on Star Sports, the former Indian cricketer added that it is quite tough to name the squad since there are already several quality players in the mix. “It’s extremely difficult because there are many quality players. Especially after the IPL there are too many options, but let me make an effort,” Manjrekar said in the Star Sports video.
Sanjay Manjrekar’s Indian squad for T20 World Cup
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Krunal Pandya.