T20 World Cup 2022: BCCI planning to arrange more warm-up games for India, team set to depart for Australia early

The BCCI announced Team India's squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022, slated to be held in Australia from October 16 to November 13. The main squad features 15 players with Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul performing the roles of captain and vice-captain, respectively. The selectors have also named four players on the standby list.

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For the showpiece ICC tournament, the Indian team will reportedly travel to Australia a week prior to their proposed schedule with the objective to get additional match practice in those conditions.

According to a report published in The Indian Express, the BCCI has decided to send the entire squad, including net bowlers and standby players, after the conclusion of the third T20I against South Africa in Indore on October 4.

Before departing for Australia, India are due to play three T20Is against Australia followed by six white-ball games (three ODIs and three T20Is) against South Africa.

Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan will reportedly lead the second-string Indian team in the ODIs against South Africa while the support staff of the India 'A' team will be asked to work with the senior team.

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India will begin their T20 World Cup 2022 campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 23.

India's squad for T20 World Cup 2022:

Rohit Sharma (C)

KL Rahul (VC)

Virat Kohli

Suryakumar Yadav

Deepak Hooda

Rishabh Pant (WK)

Dinesh Karthik (WK)

Hardik Pandya

Ravi Ashwin

Yuzvendra Chahal

Axar Patel

Jasprit Bumrah

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Harshal Patel

Arshdeep Singh

Standby Players: Mohammad Shami, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi