Sourav Ganguly Team India for World Cup 2023: ODI World Cup 2023 is going to be the biggest sporting event of this year and India has a great opportunity to host this huge event. All the countries will start handing over the list of their respective teams to the ICC from 5th September. Meanwhile, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has picked his ODI team for the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

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Sourav Ganguly: Players selected for top and middle order

Sourav Ganguly went in with a strong batting lineup for the men in blue with Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Ishan Kishan in the top order, and then Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, and Suryakumar Yadav in the middle order. Is. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer were among the 15 players who recently returned from injury but are yet to prove their match fitness.

Tilak Verma and Yuzvendra Chahal were not given a place

Ganguly has picked Kishan and Rahul as wicketkeeping prospects, while Hardik Pandya has been named as the vice-captain. Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel are included in their team as spin all-rounders. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav has been kept as the only pure spinner in the team. He has not picked Tilak Verma and Yuzvendra Chahal in the squad, however, he said that they would be his first choice if any player turns out to be unfit.

As reported by ANI, Ganguly told Star Sports, “If one of the middle-order batsmen becomes unfit, then Tilak Verma will come. If one of the fast bowlers becomes unfit, then the famous Krishna, if one of the spinners becomes unfit, then Yuzvendra Chahal.”

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Ganguly- I will always choose Chahal

He said, “I will always pick Chahal. I will always pick wrist spinners, I don’t know what the selectors think but I will always pick wrist spinners.”

Shami, Bumrah, Siraj – aggressive bowlers

Ganguly had earlier told Star Sports, “It is a very strong team. Bumrah is back, making the team even stronger. The bowling attack is very good – Shami, Bumrah, Siraj. You can’t get a better fast bowling attack than this.”

Sourav Ganguly’s Indian team for the World Cup:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah, Shardul Thakur.