Deepak Chahar set to be ruled out of T20 World Cup 2022; Shardul Thakur comes in as standby in India squad

Chahar
was
in
the
standby
players
list
in
India’s
squad
for
the
T20
World
Cup
2022.
The
pace
bowling
all-rounder
is
currently
at
the
NCA
recovering
along
with
Jasprit
Bumrah,
who
was
already
ruled
out
of
the
World
Cup.

Chahar
will
be
replaced
by
Shardul
Thakur
in
the
standby
list
and
he
will
fly
out
to
Australia
along
with
Mohammed
Shami
and
Mohammad
Siraj,
the
other
standby
players,
reported
Aaj
Tak.

Among
the
standbys
Shami
is
the
frontrunner
to
be
named
as
Bumrah’s
replacement
in
the
India
squad
for
the
T20
World
Cup
2022.

But
the
call
will
be
taken
once
the
players
reach
Australia
in
consultation
with
the
management
—
captain
Rohit
Sharma
and
coach
Rahul
Dravid.

It
is
another
jolt
to
India
after
the
injuries
to
Bumrah
and
Ravindra
Jadeja
ruled
them
out
of
the
World
Cup
as
India
look
to
add
a
second
world
T20
title
after
winning
it
in
the
inaugural
2007
edition
under
MS
Dhoni.

Chahar
had
come
back
to
India
set
up
after
an
injury
layoff
during
the
T20I
series
against
South
Africa
and
played
in
the
shortest
format.
He
was
expected
to
feature
in
the
ODIs
as
well
but
did
not
play
any
of
the
three
matches
owing
to
the
injury.