T20 World Cup 2022 – Indian Team New Member: India will receive extra assistance during the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. It would be the left hand of Sri Lankan throwdown expert Nuwan Seneviratne, who has participated in just two first-class games. Men in Blue have acquired the services of Seneviratne to counter Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mitchell Starc, and other left-armed pacers’ threat at the showpiece tournament. Follow India Squad T20 WC & India in ICC T20 World CUP LIVE Updates
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T20 World Cup 2022: More about Nuwan Seneviratne
The left-handed Sri Lankan was first roped in as a throwdown specialist in 2018 to help Indian betters combat Pakistan’s left-arm pacers, Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan. India continued his services. The 42-year-old has worked with Sri Lanka for a decade as the senior team’s fielding coach before 2018.
Seneviratne, who is renowned for having powerful throwing arms, scored 112 runs in two first-class games and had fifty runs in four innings. He participated in both contests for the Colombo Cricket Club, averaging 37.33. A total of 144 balls were delivered by the fast-medium bowler, who gave up 55 runs without picking up a wicket.
The former left-arm cricketer has been associated with Sri Lanka Cricket for almost ten years, despite the fact that he only participated in two first-class matches during his brief cricket career in 2004.
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Nuwan Seneviratne is currently with India in Brisbane. Men in Blue will take on Australia and New Zealand in official T20 World Cup warm-up games on October 17 and October 19, respectively, at The Gabba. India, the 2007 T20 World Cup champions, is in Group 2 of the T20 World Cup’s Super 12 stage together with Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, and two qualifiers.
The Men in Blue begin their campaign on October 23 at the MCG against their bitter rivals Pakistan. Thereafter, they play on October 27 at the SCG against the first qualifier team, on October 30 at Perth Stadium against South Africa, on November 2 at Adelaide Oval against Bangladesh, and on November 6 (against the second qualifier side at MCG).
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur will join Ravi Bishnoi and Shreyas Iyer as backups and will travel to Australia shortly.