T20 World Cup 2021: 5 unlucky Indian players who deserved a chance

The BCCI has finally announced Team India’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021. Amidst all the speculations and rumors, the squad has definitely managed to impress the Indian cricket fans. Several deserving players have been included as well.

However, the one problem with a cricketing nation having abundant talent is the fact that a lot of quality players get neglected. As harsh as it might sound, the Indian selectors have ignored a few talented players. Despite not really doing anything wrong, a handful of Indian cricketers can’t see their names in this squad.

The only thing that one can say in this scenario is that a few cricketers have been “Unlucky”. Thus, it is safe to say that these Indian cricketers could have been in the squad had luck been on their side. Today, we shall be speaking about 5 players who deserved a chance in T20 World Cup 2021.

T20 World Cup 2021: 5 unlucky Indian players who deserved a chance

5) Krunal Pandya

Krunal Pandya has been one of the best genuine all-rounders in the shortest format of the game for India in the last few years. It gets sadder when you realize that Krunal Pandya has several match-winning performances against top teams in his short T20I career. He had instantly made a mark when he took a four-fer against Australia in Australia.

He won a match against New Zealand in New Zealand and was superb against the West Indies at their home back in 2019. His T20I stats seem more than decent as well. The Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder has picked 15 wickets in 19 T20I games at an average and strike rate of 36.93 and 27.33 respectively.

He is more than handy with the bat and has a T20I strike rate of 130.53. How can one forget his performances for MI in the IPL? One can say that he was unlucky to have tested positive for COVID-19 during the T20Is series against Sri Lanka and thus, couldn’t showcase his current form to the selectors.