Sunil Gavaskar reveals perfect combination for Rohit Sharma's Team India in T20 World Cup 2024, says 'this will maintain balance'

The focus of the cricketing world is now completely on the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 which is set to be held in the West Indies and United States, from June 2. However, ahead of the mega tournament, everyone is talking about what the Indian line-up would be. Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has come up with the perfect combination for the Men in Blue side.

Sunil Gavaskar reveals perfect combination for Team India

Gavaskar has suggested Rohit Sharma to go with three spinners and two fast bowlers and vice-captain Hardik Pandya as the backup pacer. Gavaskar believes that having Pandya in the line-up would help in maintaining the balance of the side.

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"A balanced bowling attack is the most important in West Indies so that India can go with three spinners and two fast bowlers, with Hardik Pandya as the backup fast bowler. I think this will maintain the balance of the team," Gavaskar told Dainik Jagran in an interview.

 

"I believe that this is a team that has a good mix of experience and youth. Along with Rohit, Virat, Surya, Bumrah, there are young players like Yashasvi, Rishabh, Shivam, who strengthen the team," he added.

 

India T20 World Cup 2024 squad

 

Team India will start their campaign against Ireland on June 5, after which they will go against their arch-rivals Pakistan on June 9. However, before that, they will be taking on Bangladesh in a warm-up game, on June 1 (Saturday).

 

Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
 

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan

 

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