Before India-Australia match, deadly batsman got injured and was ruled out of T20 World Cup 2024, 31-year-old all-rounder replaced him

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|22-06-2024

T20 World Cup 2024 : The Indian team is performing brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024 under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Team India secured its place in the Super 8 by scoring a hat-trick of wins. Now the performance of the Indian team has been amazing in the Super 8 as well. The team defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs. The Indian team will play the second match against Bangladesh, while India has to play the third match against Australia. However, before this match, an important player of the team has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2024 due to injury. In place of this player, trust has been expressed in a 31-year-old left-handed player.

This player is out of T20 World Cup 2024

  • West Indies opener Brandon King has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2024 due to a side strain. Brandon King was in great form in the T20 World Cup 2024.
  • Now he had to be out of the World Cup. King suffered a side strain in the match played against England on 19 June. He was out due to the injury after scoring 23 runs off 13 balls in this match.
  • But now he had to be out of the World Cup as well. King had scored 86 runs in the matches played so far in the tournament.

This player got a chance

  • Now the management has included Kyle Mayers in the squad in place of Brandon King.
    31-year-old Mayers has performed brilliantly for West Indies.
  • Apart from this, he also serves on behalf of LSG in IPL. Mayers was not included in the playing eleven from West Indies side.
  • Shai Hope was already present in the team. Shai Hope replaced King as the opening batsman in the next match. He did not let the absence of King be felt by playing an innings of 82 runs.

West Indies Squad for T20 World Cup 2024

Rovman Powell (captain), Alzari Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeel Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Moti, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Kyle Mayers.

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