World Cup 2023 is going to start in India from October 5, but till now the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI has not announced the Team India for this mega tournament of ICC. As per the ICC deadline, every team participating in the World Cup 2023 has to submit its squad by September 5, so it is expected that the BCCI may announce the India team after the Asia Cup match against Pakistan on September 2. Until the Indian team is announced, cricket pundits are preparing their team. In this episode, former Australian explosive opener Matthew Hayden has also selected the 15-man Indian squad for the World Cup. The surprising thing about his team is that neither Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav nor Yuzvendra Chahal are among the top-15 players. Hayden has picked Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel as the two Indian spinners. Let’s know about the Indian team selected by Hayden-
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Matthew Hayden’s World Cup squad for India has 8 specialist batsmen, 4 all-rounders and 3 fast bowlers.
Apart from skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Hayden has selected Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan as batsmen. Hayden has a total of three wicket keepers in this team.
On the other hand, talking about all-rounders, he has kept Akshar Patel and Shardul Thakur along with Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya. Surprisingly, Hayden has picked only two Indian spinners on Indian pitches and their bowling styles are almost identical.
At the same time, as a fast bowler, he has given chances to Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Siraj along with Jasprit Bumrah.
15-man Indian World Cup squad selected by Matthew Hayden
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Akshar Patel.