Bridgetown [Barbados]: The Men in Blue are planning to counter Afghanistan's aggressive batting lineup with a spin-heavy attack, possibly fielding four spinners at the T20 World Cup 2024.
India have included four spinners in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad, including Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal.
The Indian team is scheduled to play its first Super Eight match against Afghanistan on June 20.
In Tuesday's practice session, all four spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal practiced and all four also helped Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav by bowling against them in the nets.
However, the practice session was interrupted for a few minutes due to rain in Barbados.
Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India shared a video on its social media handle, in which Rohit Sharma said that his players are keen to do something special in the tournament.
“There is a lot of eagerness in the group to do something special. It clearly shows that everyone wants to do something different and we take our skill sessions quite seriously. Every skill session you do is there to achieve something. After playing the first game, we are going to play the next two matches in 3-4 days. It is going to be a bit hectic, but we are used to all this. We travel a lot and play a lot, so it is not an excuse,” Rohit said in a video posted by the BCCI.
India aim to perform well against Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Australia and register big wins to qualify for the semi-finals, end India's drought for an ICC trophy since the 2013 Champions Trophy and win their first T20 World Cup since the inaugural edition in 2007 in South Africa.
The Men in Blue had a stellar performance in the group stage of this prestigious competition and finished at the top of the Group A table with seven points.
Team: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
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