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This Player from Team India Reached New York for T20 World Cup and Won't Play a Single Match
2 minutes Team India will start its campaign in the T20 World Cup 2024 on June 5th. Before that, they played a warm-up match on June 1. Meanwhile, a star player has joined the team.
Team India T20 World Cup 2024
The biggest tournament in T20 cricket, the T20 World Cup, is set to begin in the West Indies and the United States on June 1. According to Indian time, the T20 World Cup 2024 will start on June 2. Team India will play its group stage matches in the United States for this tournament, and they are preparing hard in New York. A star player has joined Team India's squad, but he will not be seen playing in the T20 World Cup.
This Player from Team India Reached New York
Team India's star batsman Rinku Singh has arrived in New York for the T20 World Cup 2024. The Indian selectors had chosen Rinku Singh as a reserve player for the T20 World Cup 2024. As a result, he has joined Team India but will not be seen playing. Reserve players cannot be a part of the playing eleven . They can only join the final 11 if one of the first 15 players is out. Besides Rinku Singh, the reserve players include Shubman Gill, Khaleel Ahmed, and Avesh Khan, who are already with the team.
Performance Faded in IPL 2024
IPL 2024 was not particularly special for Rinku Singh. He scored only 168 runs in 14 matches, averaging 18.67. In many matches, he did not get a chance to bat, and in others, he did not perform well. However, he was part of the team that won the IPL 2024 title, which caused his late arrival in New York. Rinku Singh made his T20 International debut for the Indian team in 2023. The 26-year-old player has scored 356 runs in 15 T20Is for India, with a strike rate of 176.23 and an average of 89. He emerged as the most reliable finisher for the team in the last year but could not secure a spot in the main squad.
Team India for T20 World Cup 2024:
- Main Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
- Reserve Players: Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan.