Amidst the excitement of IPL 2024, discussions about the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 are gaining momentum within the cricket community. Recently, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, along with head coach Rahul Dravid and chief selector Ajit Agarkar, reportedly met in Mumbai to discuss their squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
“It will be hard to convince MSD for sure to come to the West Indies, I guess. He is sick and tired. He is coming to the US though to do something else. He is into golf now. So, he is coming to play golf, I guess. Yeah. And then, yeah, DK will be easy to convince, I guess,” said Rohit Sharma on the podcast.
It has been reported that they have made it a requirement for Hardik Pandya to bowl regularly and complete his full quota of overs in the ongoing IPL 2024 to prove his bowling fitness if he wants to be selected for the T20 World Cup 2024, which will be co-hosted by the USA and the Caribbean starting June 1, 2024.
However, the BCCI selection committee will not finalize the final India squad for the T20 World Cup until the end of the ongoing IPL 2024. Meanwhile, a video has surfaced on the internet showing Rohit Sharma jokingly teasing Dinesh Karthik about the T20 World Cup 2024 selection.
A wicketkeeper’s spot is up for grabs in the Indian cricket team for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, with several talented players vying for the position. This matter was discussed in one of the episodes of the Club Prairie Fire Podcast.
On the podcast, legendary Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, in a serious tone, jokingly referred to MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik as young talents, suggesting that they would be great choices for the wicketkeeper’s role for the Men in Blue at the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.
“Yeah, I was quite impressed. Quite impressed, you know, especially with Dinesh, the way he batted a couple of nights back. And Dhoni as well. I mean, look, he came to play four balls, made a huge impact, got those 20-22 runs. And that was eventually the difference in the end,” said Rohit Sharma on the podcast.
Gilchrist’s remark left everyone in a split, as former England captain Michael Vaughan somehow controlled himself from laughing, while Rohit couldn’t himself but burst into laughter before lauding legendary Dhoni for his latest onslaught against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing IPL 2024.
“And look, it will be hard to convince MSD for sure to come to the West Indies, I guess. He is sick and tired. He is coming to the US though to do something else. He is into golf now. So, he is coming to play golf, I guess. Yeah. And then, yeah, DK will be easy to convince, I guess,” added Rohit Sharma.
Adam Gilchrist said on the podcast: “Obviously, every game, every night, everyone’s speculating on which Indian is going to get a boarding pass out to the Caribbean. The keeper-batsman role is, you know, to an extent up for grabs. Amazing amount of young keeper batsmen at your disposal to pick from.
“And I reckon the two standouts, two really youngsters who are shining, who I reckon they’re both going to have a big future when they grow up and get a bit older, a bit more mature. Dinesh Kartik and MSD, mate, they’re I reckon they’re going to be great players when they grow up. Yeah.”
It will be interesting to see who ultimately gets selected as the wicketkeeper for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2024, with Dhoni and Karthik being touted as potential contenders for the role
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