Former Australia cricketer and Indian Premier League (IPL) successful coach Tom Moody gave his picks for India’s 15-member squad for ICC World Cup 2023 and it got here with a number of surprises. Whereas many of the regular names discovered a spot in his group, there have been a few main exclusions – Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson. As a substitute, he went with 4 spinners in Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and the out-of-favour Yuzvendra Chahal who was not part of India’s Asia Cup 2023 squad.

Moody included Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer as specialist batters with KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan being the wicket-keeping choices. With Rahul within the aspect, he can play each as a wicket-keeper batter or a specialist batter relying on what the calls for of the state of affairs.

In the case of the all-rounders, Hardik Pandya discovered a spot within the squad because the vice-captain with the spin duo of Jadeja and Axar who’ve confirmed their mettle with the bat. Moody additionally went with Kuldeep and Chahal – a transfer that the Indian selectors determined in opposition to for the upcoming Asia Cup event.

Within the tempo division, there have been no surprises with Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami all discovering locations within the squad chosen by the previous Sunrisers Hyderabad coach.

Tom Moody’s India squad for ICC World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj.