India’s T20 World Cup squad: Will Shami replace Bumrah? Chahar over Bhuvneshwar in the XI?
The HinduThe next few weeks will throw up several challenges for the national selectors and the Indian team management. India will begin its T20 World Cup campaign on October 23 against Pakistan, and before that, the team needs to ensure that it gets its fast bowling combination right. A few weeks ago, former Australian fast bowler, Brett Lee, told Sportstar it would be difficult to look past Shami for the T20 World Cup if he remained fit. The selectors named Shami as one of the standbys for the T20 World Cup and wanted to give him enough game time in the six T20Is at home against Australia and South Africa, respectively. Hardik and the right balance Around this time last year, when the Indian team featured in the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, Hardik became a talking point because of fitness concerns.