India T20 World Cup 2024 Team Announcement: Rohit Sharma To Lead, Hardik Vice Captain, KL Rahul Dropped

India T20 World Cup 2024 Team Announcement: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced India's T20 World Cup Squad 2024, featuring 15 names. With the final announcement, suspense on Virat Kohli's availability has also come to an end. Skipper Rohit Sharma will lead the 15-member team, while Yuzvendra Chahal and Shivam Dube have been picked in the side.

Hardik Pandya will be India's vice-captain for the T20 World Cup 2024.

For their exceptional recent performances, the cricket body has awarded Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan, and Khaleel Ahmed. They will travel along with the team as reserve players.

Here's the full list of players for India T20 World Cup 2024:

Presenting #TeamIndia for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup to be hosted in the West Indies and USA! pic.twitter.com/6NoFJBMOjT

— BCCI (@BCCI) April 30, 2024

India's senior men's team was picked by a panel of sectors chaired by chief selector Ajit Agarkar.

Shockingly, the BCCI selectors dropped opener KL Rahul, who has been performing well in IPL for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). However, the selector also looked at the player's 2023 World Cup performance.

In his absence, Rishabh Pant, who made a powerful comeback in IPL after a break for more than two years from cricket following his deadly road accident, will do the wicketkeeping, while Sanju Samson will be the second choice to don wicketkeeping gloves.

After a long time, the spin magic of KulCha, Kuldeep Yadav Yuzvindra Chahal, will be showcased once again. Chahal, who played for India in August 2023, has been awarded for his consistent performance in the domestic cricket and franchise leagues.

The T20 World Cup slated for the USA and West Indies will begin from June and India's run in the T20 World Cup 2024 will commence on June 5 with a game against Ireland in New York.

India T20 World Cup 2024 Team:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan