India's 15-Member Squad For T20 World Cup Based On IPL 2024 Performances

The T20 World Cup 2024 is just round the corner and with the national selectors working hard on the Indian cricket team squad announcement, the importance of a tournament like IPL 2024 cannot be downplayed. The IPL has produced several impressive performances till now and NDTV have decided to pick a 15-member squad completely based on performances in the competition. The selection was completed keeping just their roles and IPL 2024 performances in mind with no consideration for reputation and past numbers. Here's a look at the India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad picked purely based on IPL 2024 performances -

Openers: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rohit Sharma

Ruturaj has assumed the position of CSK skipper with complete ease and with 349 runs from 8 matches, the right-hander is looking in supreme form. He has already scored a century in the tournament this year and his strike rate of 142.44 shows that he is capable of accelerating at the right time.

India skipper Rohit Sharma has also shown flashes of good form and with 311 runs in 9 matches, his aggressive approach has turned into an asset for his side. The third option is clearly Abhishek Sharma - the left-hander who has set IPL 2024 on fire with his explosive batting.

With 288 runs in 8 matches with a strike rate of 218, Abhishek basically picks himself in the squad and his knack of hitting boundaries almost every 3 balls makes him the perfect pick alongside Rohit and Ruturaj.

Batters: Virat Kohli, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube

There can be no India squad without Virat Kohli and although the chatter over strike rate has dominated headlines, it cannot be ignored that he is the highest run-scorer in IPL 2024. Along with Kohli, the two batters who have impressed