Axar Patel's chopped leafSpin all-rounder Axar Patel had to suffer due to the arrival of Shardul Thakur in the main squad. Patel was made the standby player, dropping Patel from the 15-man squad. This was announced by the BCCI through its official Twitter handle.BCCI trusts ShardulThe BCCI said in its statement, 'The All India Senior Selection Committee after discussion with the team management included Shardul Thakur in the main squad. All-rounder Axar Patel who was in the 15-man squad is now in the standby player's list.Shardul Thakur in fine formShardul Thakur has won the trust of the selectors with his excellent performance in IPL 2021. He has played 15 matches for Chennai Super Kings so far in which he has taken 18 wickets at an average of 27.16 and economy rate of 8.75. His best bowling figure was 3/28.Indian team for T20 world cupVirat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice Captain), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Deepak ChaharCoach: Ravi Shastri.Mentor: MS Dhoni.Team India's schedule for ICC T20 World Cup 2021India vs Pakistan - October 24, 7:30 PM IST, Dubai🚨 NEWS 🚨: Shardul Thakur replaces Axar Patel in #TeamIndia's World Cup squad. #T20WorldCup
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2021
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