Previous Indian opener Aakash Chopra said that he feels that Group India will handle a practically indistinguishable group to that of the 2022 version of the competition for the impending ICC T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA this year, beginning from June onwards, with Rohit Sharma as the skipper. ICC reported the timetable for the opposition on Friday. Another section will unfurl in perhaps of the most seasoned competition in cricket history as India will face Pakistan on June 9 in New York.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Aakash said that he feels Rohit will do the captaincy in the competition since Hardik Pandya’s wellness is making it challenging for the all-rounder to right now play.
“Hardik will likely not be the chief since there is an issue with respect to wellness. You are not playing as of now. You bent your lower leg On the planet Cup. You are not playing the Afghanistan series and you don’t play Tests regardless, so you will immediately play the IPL. It is conflicting with him,” said Aakash.
“I feel Rohit Sharma will do T20I captaincy and will likewise be the chief for the 2024 T20 World Cup. In the event that you had posed this inquiry after the 2022 T20 World Cup, it was practically 100% he wouldn’t be the chief, taking into account the manner in which the group proceeded as we were scoring 60 runs in the initial 10 overs,” he added.
Hardik has not played any serious cricket since October 19, when he harmed his lower leg while bowling during the ICC Cricket World Cup match against Bangladesh. From that point forward, he has missed the five-match T20I series against Australia and the three-match T20I and ODI series during the visit to South Africa too. Suryakumar Yadav drove India in all the T20I matches while KL Rahul drove the group in ODIs without a trace of Pandya and standard captain Rohit Sharma, who mentioned a break from white-ball cricket after the World Cup last against Australia.
Hardik was as of late designated as the captain for Mumbai Indians (MI), supplanting Rohit Sharma after he got back to his old establishment following a two-year spell with Gujarat Titans, which likewise incorporated an IPL title win in the group’s presentation season back in 2022.
Aakash noticed that captain Rohit, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, who have not played a T20I match since a misfortune to Britain in the elimination rounds of the 2022 release of the competition in Australia, did all around well in the ICC Cricket World Cup keep going year and based on their new structure, they will play. Thus, India will handle a group indistinguishable from the first.
“Notwithstanding, time passed and none of these players played T20Is for India. The ODI World Cup occurred, where you played well overall and arrived at the last. Rohit Sharma gave hazardous beginnings, Virat Kohli was the Player of the Competition, and KL Rahul worked really hard down the request,” said Aakash.
“Out of nowhere you say that everybody is getting along nicely. So I feel, giving weightage to the new structure, it will be a practically indistinguishable group. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be there and that wouldn’t shock me in the least assuming KL Rahul is additionally there,” he finished up.
The competition will start off on June 1 and will be co-facilitated by the West Indies and the US. India has been put in Gathering A close by Ireland, Pakistan, Canada and the US.
The Men in Blue will open their mission against Ireland on June 5. Their second round of the competition will be against chief adversary Pakistan on June 9. The last two games will be against Canada and USA on June 12 and June 15 separately.
This time 20 groups will partake in the T20 World Cup which is more than the 16 that partook in the 2022 competition in Australia. The main two groups from each gathering will continue to the Very 8 phase.
The 55 rounds of the opposition will be played across six unique scenes in the West Indies (Kensington Oval, Barbados; Brian Lara Cricket Foundation, Trinidad; Provision Arena, Guyana; Sir Vivian Richards Arena, Antigua; Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia; Arnos Vale Arena, St Vincent) and three settings in the USA (Eisenhower Park, New York; Lauderhill, Florida; and Terrific Grassland, Texas).
The Gathering Stage will be played from June 1 to June 18. The Very 8 phase will be played from June 19 to June 24.
The last four phase – semi-finals will be played on June 26 and June 27. The competition will finish up on June 29.
Bunch B comprises of the last two victors of the Men’s T20 World Cup in Britain and Australia, with the pair to take on Namibia, Scotland and Oman.
The West Indies are put into Gathering C close by New Zealand, Afghanistan, Uganda and Papua New Guinea, while Gathering D sees South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands and Nepal fixtured against one another.
