Bumrah, Harshal return as India announces squad for T20 World Cup

India announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022, with Jasprit Bumrah, the pacer, making his return from injury.

The squad was, however, missing all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who sustained an injury during the Asia Cup. 

Along with Bumrah, fellow pacer Harshal Patel also returned to the side, having missed the Asia Cup with a side strain.  

Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the other two pacers in the squad, along with the all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel are the specialist spinners, with the latter replacing Jadeja in the squad.

Mohammed Shami, the pacer, has been named as a standby, along with fellow pacer Deepak Chahar, wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi and batter Shreyas Iyer.

All squads can make changes to their T20 World Cup squad by 9 October. 

Squad: 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, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby players: Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar