World Cup 2023: Sourav Ganguly named a strong 15-Member Team India Squad for ICC ODI World Cup 2023: The Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly picked his 15-member squad of Team India for the upcoming ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023. The squad includes young and experienced players, with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kisan.
The World Cup 2023 will be held in India from October 5 to November 19 at 12 different venues. Team India will be playing their opening match against Australia on October 8 at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
India has a robust batting line-up led by Skipper Rohit Sharma, Chase Master Virat Kohli and Youngster Shubman Gill, and They are forming one of the strong top orders among all teams. Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul will provide the experience in the middle order, whereas Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya will have the responsibility of finishing the game.
The bowling attack is also very strong, with the return of Jasprit Bumrah to the Indian team after a long time. Mohd. Shami and Mohd. Siraj will be supporting Bumrah from the other end. Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will be the team’s spinners.
Ganguly has also picked Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul as wicketkeeping options, which gives the team flexibility in that position. Overall, this is a very strong squad that has the potential to win the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. However, they will need to play at their best if they want to lift the trophy.
Ganguly named three standby Players for the tournament. He took Tilak Verma as an extra batter, whereas Prasidh Krishna and Yuzvendra Chahal as an extra bowler, who can enter the team if someone gets injured in their respective area.
Sourav Ganguly’s Team squad for World Cup 2023:
Team India Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya (VC), Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur.
Standby Players: Yuzvendra Chahal, Tilak Verma and Prasidh Krishna.
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