Take a look at how India’s T20 World Cup squad performed in the recently finished IPL season

Oct 19, 2021

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

India will play a total of 5 matches during the group stage of the T20 World Cup.

If Virat Kohli’s team manages to finish among the top two teams in the group, it will qualify for the semi-finals.

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The blue army is all set to commence its T20 World Cup journey with the first match...

...against Pakistan, which will be held on October 24.

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Here is a look at the performance of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad...

...in the recently finished Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

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Virat Kohli

The flamboyant captain of the Indian team, ‘King Kohli’ had a fantastic performance in IPL this season with 405 runs from 15 matches. His highest score was 72 in a match.

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Rohit Sharma

This prolific run-getter and captain of Mumbai Indians, Sharma is known as one of the most naturally gifted batsmen in the world. He amassed a total of 381 runs from 13 matches in this season of IPL.

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KL Rahul

Rahul, who has a good combination of wicket-keeping and batting skills, is known to hold the key to the fortunes. The Punjab Kings skipper performed exceptionally well this IPL season with 626 runs from 13 matches.

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Suryakumar Yadav

The right-handed batsman, who is known for his ability to change the gears of the match with his batting skills, whipped 317 runs in 14 matches this IPL season.

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Rishabh Pant

The swashbuckling wicket-keeper-batsman and captain of Delhi Capitals, Pant has an excellent tally of 419 runs from 16 matches in this IPL season.

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Ishan Kishan

The left-handed batsman who is known for his exceptional attacking batting and run-getting skills, maintained his performance in this season as well. He scored 241 runs in 10 matches in the entire season.

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Hardik Pandya

A big-hitter and a fast bowling all-rounder, Pandya made 127 runs this season in 10 matches. His highest score was 40 runs in a single match.

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Ravindra Jadeja

The Chennai Super Kings star, who is known for his orthodox bowling style, took 13 wickets and made 227 runs in 16 matches in this IPL season.

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Rahul Chahar

The right-handed leg-spinner who made his first appearance at IPL in 2017, has a tally of 13 wickets from 11 matches in this season.

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Ravichandran Ashwin

The wily off-spinner, who has proved to be a legend with his previous performances, took 7 wickets and scored 44 runs from 13 matches played this season.

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Shardul Thakur

A consistent medium-fast bowler, who replaced Axar Patel in the T20 World Cup squad, has performed extremely well this season. He proved his exceptional bowling skills by taking 21 wickets from 16 matches played in this season.

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Varun Chakravarthy

The Tamil-Nadu leg-spinner, who is known as the player with several variations up his sleeve, picked up 18 wickets in 17 matches this season with a strike rate of 22.66.

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Jasprit Bumrah

The fast bowler who emerged as one of India’s top bowlers across all formats, also proved his exceptional bowling skills once again by taking 21 wickets in 14 matches in this season.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

The right-handed medium-pace bowler and leading wicket-taker of Sunrisers Hyderabad, has a tally of 6 wickets in 11 matches this season.

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Mohammed Shami

One of the finest and most experienced bowlers of Punjab Kings, Shami also proved to be a superstar once again by taking 19 wickets from 14 matches this season.

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