The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all to announce their provisional squad for the ODI World Cup on home soil on September 3. Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee is set to pick a 15-men squad for the marquee event in the country a day after a high-octane India-Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup 2023.
In the most likely scenario, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel are the 13 players, who are likely to make into the India squad for the ODI World Cup.
Suryakumar Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, and Tilak Varma are likely to fight for the last two spots in the team for the mega event in India while Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal will have an outside chance of making it into the team being in the setup for a last few years.
KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer’s return from an injury is a positive sign for the Indian team selectors and team management will be hoping for these players to deliver well for India in the Asia Cup 2023 followed by carrying their form into the World Cup in India. Both batters will be crucial for the team’s success in the continental event, as they can solve the middle-order woes of India’s team.
Comeback man KL Rahul was seen taking part in wicket-keeping drills on Day 3 of the preparatory camp in Alur alongside batting while Shreyas Iyer was seen taking long batting in the nets to get himself ready for the mega events in the upcoming months.
Indian wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was seen taking wicket-keeping drills alongside the Indian fielding coach, as he is likely to take up the wicket-keeping duty for the Indian team in the absence of KL Rahul for the first few games in Asia Cup 2023.
According to reports in Star Sports, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah, and Tilak Varma have joined the team after the team following completion of the three-match Ireland series.
Jasprit Bumrah is expected to walk into the Playing 11 for the game against Pakistan, while it will interesting to see whether India gives Tilak Varma an opportunity to debut against the Men in Green before the selections of the ODI World Cup squad.