Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar recently named his 15-member Indian team for the T20 World Cup, which had more than a few surprises.
The Mumbai cricket stalwart who is now an analyst chose to leave out talismanic Virat Kohli from the list. He also omitted Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube from his side to travel to the USA and Caribbean in June.
What was also surprising is that his 15-member side had three wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Sanju Samson.
Manjrekar chose skipper Rohit Sharma to partner young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal at the top of the batting order with Samson and Suryakumar Yadav following them.
The former Mumbai batter then named all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Krunal Pandya in his 15, leaving out Krunal’s brother, Hardik Pandya. He also omitted Shivam Dube. Hardik has so far endured a brutal season as the captain of the Mumbai Indians, where he has repeatedly been jeered by fans in the stadium and trolled online.
Meanwhile, Manjrekar also picked Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal as spinners while Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj made the cut as pacers.
