T20 World Cup 2021: R Ashwin makes it to Indian squad, Dhoni to be mentor

The Indian national selectors have picked the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be hosted in UAE and Oman In a surprise move R Ashwin has been included in the team which will begin its campaign in the showpiece event against archrivals PakistanHe had last played a T20I against West Indies in July 2017 Yuzvendra Chahal misses out as MS Dhoni will be the mentor of the team While the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI has the hosting rights the tournament has been moved out of the country with an eye on the Covid19 pandemicBCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed that MS Dhoni will be mentoring the Indian team for T20 World Cup in the UAEFormer India Captain msdhoni to mentor the team for the T20 World Cup Honorary Secretary JayShah TeamIndiamdash BCCI BCCI September 8 2021India and Pakistan will be locking horns on October 24 in a groupstage encounter The tournament will get underway from October 17 with the final to be played in Dubai on November 14 The tournament will begin with the Round 1 Group B encounter between hosts Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 17 with Scotland and Bangladesh the other teams in Group B clashing in the evening matchIreland Netherlands Sri Lanka and Namibia making up Group A will be in action in Abu Dhabi the next day with Round 1 matches running till October 22 The top two teams in each group will proceed to the Super 12 stage of the tournament beginning on October 23The second round of the tournament the Super12 stage will get underway in Abu Dhabi on October 23 with the Group 1 contest between Australia and South Africa This will be followed up with an evening clash between England and West Indies in DubaiOld rivals England and Australia will lock horns in Dubai on October 30 It will conclude on November 6 with matches between Australia and West Indies in Abu Dhabi and England and South Africa in Sharjah Group 2 will commence with a heavyweight clash between India and Pakistan in Dubai on October 24 Pakistan then take on New Zealand in Sharjah on October 26 in a tough start for the 2009 champions Afghanistan begin their campaign on October 25 at Sharjah taking on the winners of Group B from the first round It will conclude on November 8 with India taking on the secondplaced Round 1 qualifier from Group AAlso Read Ravi Shastri Virat Kohli wont be questioned over leaving team BCCIThe first semifinal will be held in Abu Dhabi on November 10 The second semifinal will be hosted by Dubai on November 11 Both semifinals have reserve days The marquee clash of the tournament will take place in Dubai on November 14 Sunday with Monday acting as the reserve day for the finalIndian squad Virat Kohli c Rohit Sharma vc KL Rahul Suryakumar Yadav Rishabh Pant Hardik Pandya R Ashwin Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rahul Chahar Varun Mohammed Shami Axar Patel Jasprit Bumrah Ravindra Jadeja Ishan KishanReserves Shreyas Iyer Deepak Chahar Shardul ThakurThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever