The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023, commencing on October 5.
Rohit Sharma will lead the side in the mega-event, while Hardik Pandya will serve as his deputy.
Top-order batter KL Rahul is included in the World Cup squad after passing a fitness assessment at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru on September 4. He is expected to join the Indian squad in Sri Lanka to participate in the Super Four stage matches of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 after being ruled out of the group stage matches.
India’s World Cup squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah
The ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 commences on Thursday, 5 October when 2019 finalists England and New Zealand clash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with the event culminating in the final at the same venue on Sunday, 19 November.
The tournament will be played in ten different venues – Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram in addition to Hyderabad will host the warm-up matches from 29 September to 3 October.
