Axar Patel has been replaced in Team India’s World Cup team by Shardul Thakur.
After consulting with the team management, the All-India Senior Selection Committee has added Shardul Thakur to the main squad. Axar Patel, an all-rounder who was part of the 15-man team, has been added to the roster of stand-by players.
Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant.
Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, and Axar Patel are the stand-by players.
The following cricketers will join Team India’s preparations in Dubai by joining the team bubble:
K. Gowtham, Avesh Khan, Umran Malik, Harshal Patel, Lukman Meriwala, Venkatesh Iyer, Karn Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed
This was released in one of the BBCI Press releases
