'Selection blunder'- Fans bemused by Mohammed Siraj's exclusion from India's T20 World Cup squad

Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named as backups and will travel to Australia shortly.

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The mystery over Jasprit Bumrah's replacement for the T20 World Cup finally came to a lull on Friday after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) included Mohammed Shami as the 15th member of the Indian squad. Although the in-form Mohammed Siraj was named as the backup, Indian fans were displeased after his exclusion from the main roster.

India's title aspirations suffered an untimely dent after ace fast bowler Jasprt Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC mega event owing to a back injury. Bumrah had already missed the Asia Cup and only made a comeback against Australia last month. Shami felt like the obvious choice to replace Bumrah in the Indian squad for the World Cup in Australia. 

But the former's fitness after contracting Covid-19 became a headache for the team management, who were also exploring other options like Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur. Though Siraj has performed marvelously in the 50-over format for India this calendar year, including his player of the series display in the ODI series against South Africa, India opted for Shami's experience rather than Siraj's exuberance.

The RCB pacer might still find himself in the mix in the forthcoming global event if a player sustains an unfortunate injury since he has been named among the four reserve players for India. He takes Shami's place in the reserves list while Shardul Thakur replaces Deepak Chahar, who was also ruled out of the tournament earlier this month. India will kick off their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan at the iconic MCG after taking on Australia and New Zealand in their two designated warm-up games.

India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.

India fans were left disgruntled after Mohammed Siraj's exclusion from the main squad and expressed their discontent on Twitter:

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