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Cricket’s biggest franchise, the Indian cricket team is set to start its ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign on June 5 vs Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

The Indian cricket team qualified for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on the basis of finishing in top 8 in the previous, ICC T20 World Cup 2022 edition. Team India still awaits their 2nd ever T20 World Cup Trophy after winning the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007.

The Men in Blue have come close so many times, but have failed in every occasion. Their best finish since the T20 World Cup 2007, is finishing runners-up in the 2014 World Cup in Bangladesh, where Team India lost to Sri Lanka in the final. Today in this article, we take a look at Team India top 5 key players to watch out for in the World Cup 2024.

Rohit Sharma

Indian cricket team fans have a lot of expectations from India captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma, who is likely playing his last T20 World Cup, will be responsible for giving quick starts to the Men in Blue. Fans expects him to play aggressive knock in the powerplay. Rohit has played 151 T20I matches for India and has scored 3974 runs with an average of 31.29 and strike rate of 139.98.

Virat Kohli

Indian cricket team’s king Virat Kohli will be one of the key player for the Men in Blue. Kohli had a great season in the IPL 2024, where he scored 741 runs in 15 matches. The Indian fans will be expecting of similar things from the class batter who has played 117 T20Is and has scored 4037 runs with strike rate of 138.16 and a staggering average of 51.76.

Suryakumar Yadav

The Indian cricket team fans have huge expectations from the number 1 ranked T20I batter in the world, Suryakumar Yadav. Suryakumar has been by far the best T20I batter since last couple of years. Suryakumar has played 60 matches since his debut in 2021 and has scored 2141 with an average of 45.55 and strike rate of 171.55.

Kuldeep Yadav

Pitches in the West Indies and USA is very likely to favour a lot of spin in the entire tournament as seen from the matches so far. In that case, Kuldeep Yadav could be India’s trump card in the tournament. Kuldeep has played 35 T20Is in his career so far after making debut in 2017. He has taken 59 wickets with an economy rate of 6.75. Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal are other major spin bowling options in Team India’s disposal.

Jasprit Bumrah

You can’t complete an Indian team list without mentioning Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah will be India’s leading bowler in the T20 World Cup 2024. Jasprit Bumrah is no doubt one of the best bowler in the world. His ability to bowl in powerplay, middle-overs and death overs makes him just really special player and his yorkers are out of the world in itself. Bumrah has played 62 T20I matches in his career so far and has taken 74 wickets with an economy rate of 6.56.

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