NEW DELHI: Batsman Virat Kohli and seamer Jasprit Bumrah have been left out of India’s Twenty20 squad for the team’s five-match tour of West Indies beginning later this month, the country’s cricket board said on Thursday.
Former captain Kohli has endured a lean run of form across formats and is without a century in international cricket since November 2019.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI), which rarely explains team selection, did not specify if Kohli had been dropped or rested.Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Bumrah, currently the top-ranked ODI bowler, has likely been rested considering the workload of India’s all-format pace spearhead.
Batsman KL Rahul and spinner Kuldeep Yadav were selected in the Rohit Sharma-led squad subject to their fitness.
Kohli, currently with the ODI squad in England, missed Tuesday’s series opener with a groin injury.
With a number of in-form batsmen pushing for a top order berth, Kohli’s place in the Twenty20 squad has been questioned, especially ahead of this year’s World Cup in Australia.
