T20 World Cup 2024: So because of this, KL Rahul's card was cut, Agarkar said this in disappointment
Ajit Agarkar on KL Rahul: After the announcement of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2024, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma spoke to the media and asked why KL Rahul was not selected.
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Indian squad was revealed on April 30. Many cricket experts were taken aback when KL Rahul's name was left off of this squad. After a press conference on May 2, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar addressed the media and provided an explanation for KL Rahul's exclusion from the team for the T20 World Cup 2024.
When Ajit Agarkar was asked why KL Rahul was not selected for the Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar said that we were looking for a player to bat in the middle order. KL Rahul bats in the top order, Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson bat in the middle order, so Pant and Sanju were selected.
Indian squad for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
