Does India have the squad to win the T20 World Cup?

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Of spinners and death over specialists: The best news is the return of Rishabh Pant as wicketkeeper-batsman after recovering from a long injury layoff to make a scarcely believable comeback in the IPL. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also returns to the team after a hiatus, following three great IPL seasons for Rajasthan Royals (RR). However, despite his heroics this season, he’s likely to be a backup to all-rounder and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and left-arm leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, except for the unlikely event of India fielding three spinners.

Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh, both going at an economy rate around 9.5 in the IPL, are Jasprit Bumrah’s partners in pace. Neither of those two is a death overs exponent, mostly relying on swinging the new ball to take wickets. The selectors needed to think out of the box here.

RR medium pacer Sandeep Sharma’s clever use of wide yorkers and slow bouncers have given him an economy rate a shade over 7 in the IPL. This places him below only Bumrah and the Tobagonian Sunil Narine among bowlers who have delivered 15 overs or more. He would have been handy at the death.

India have suffered in the past when Arshdeep proved too expensive in the final overs. Another miss is Mayank Yadav, who made a sensational start to his IPL season, bowling at 155 kmph for six wickets in his first two games before pulling a side muscle. The selectors could have taken a punt by keeping him in the 15 and seeing how he shapes up in the rest of the season.

Australia did that with Travis Head last year, who was on the bench despite being injured before the ODI World Cup. That paid rich dividends in the end. Overall, the selection smacks of ticking all boxes and taking no chances.