Indian Team Squad for ICC World Cup 2019 Out

On Monday, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Indian Team Squad List was announced. Chief Selector MSK Prasad announced the 15-man India squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 was held in England  at the end of May.

Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant were not in the list for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

Indian Squad are Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik.

MSK Prasad said, "Definitely a case where we debated at length. We all agreed that either Rishabh Pant or Dinesh Karthik will come in only when Dhoni is injured. In an important game, wicket keeping is also important. That's the reason we went with Dinesh Karthik".

He added, "After the Champions Trophy we have tried quite a few middle-order batsmen, which also included Karthik, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey. We did give a few more chances to Rayudu but Vijay Shankar gives three dimesnions. He can bat, if the conditions are overcast he can bowl, plus he is a fielder. We are looking at Vijay Shankar as a No 4. Now we have plenty of options for that slot".