New Delhi: The young players of Team India leveled the T20 series against South Africa by 2-2. Now he has to play 2 T20 matches against Ireland on 26 and 28 June. Hardik Pandya will lead the team here. T20 World Cup is to be played in Australia in October-November this year. In such a situation, keeping the tournament in mind, coach Rahul Dravid and the team management decided to give opportunities to the young players. The performance of the Indian team in the World Cup played in UAE last year was not good and it was knocked out from the first round itself. In such a situation, this time the selectors do not want to make any difference.
According to the news of Inside Sports, all the teams entering the T20 World Cup have to send the names of the players to the ICC by 15 September. 15 players can be given a chance in the team. In such a situation, the Indian team has to play 4 series till September 15. It will start with the Ireland tour. After this, on the England tour, the team has to play 3 T20 matches between 7 and 10 July.
Most eyes are on Asia Cup
Team India has to tour West Indies in July-August. During this also 5 T20 matches are to be played. Then the T20 Asia Cup is proposed in Sri Lanka from the last week of August. These are important in terms of the preparations of the Indian team. Here India will find tough opponents like Pakistan and Sri Lanka. All three teams have also won the T20 World Cup title once each. The T20 World Cup is also important for Team India because it has not won any ICC trophy since 2013.
Rahul Dravid said- Team India got 2 best finishers in the world
During the 5th T20 match between India and South Africa, former Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar had said that the series in England next month will almost confirm the Indian team. At the same time, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly also said that coach Rahul Dravid can start preparations for the T20 World Cup from the tour of England. This time the team will enter the T20 World Cup under the leadership of Rohit Sharma.
