Team India announced for ODI World Cup : Rohit Sharma captain, chance for Suryakumar; Samson and Tilak out

The ODI World Cup to be played in India is starting from 5th October. India's first match will be against Australia on October 8 at Chepauk ground in Chennai.

This is the Indian team
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav.

Only 15 players were selected out of 18 announced for Asia Cup
Out of the 18 members of India's team that was selected for the Asia Cup currently going on in Sri Lanka, 15 players have been included in the World Cup team. Tilak Verma, the famous Krishna and Sanju Samson, who were present in the Asia Cup team, have not been able to make it to the World Cup team. Yuzvendra Chahal has also not got a chance in the team.

India-Pak match 14 October
The India-Pakistan match in the World Cup is to be held on October 14 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India will begin their campaign in the World Cup against Australia on October 8 in Chennai.

48 matches will be played in the World Cup
India will have ODI World for 46 days in October-November, in which 48 matches will be played. The first match will be held on October 5 in Ahmedabad between the winner and runner-up of the previous World Cup, England and New Zealand. There will be 45 group stage matches till November 12. Two semi-finals will be played on 15 and 16 November and the final will be played in Ahmedabad on 19 November.

World Cup will start on October 5
The current season of the World Cup will begin on October 5 in Ahmedabad with the defending champions England and New Zealand. See the complete schedule in graphics.