Team India Schedule and Squad - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Squad for team India is already declared. Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant are two unlucky players that couldn't make it through to the squad. Indian team plays nine matches in the round robin stage of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. This post will provide details on Indian squad and fixtures for the upcoming cricket world cup.

Indian Squad:

Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Dinesh Karthik, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, M.S. Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Mohd

Indian schedule:

5th June 2019 - India vs South Africa at Southampton 

9th June 2019 - India vs Australia at the Oval

13th June 2019 - India vs New Zealand at Nottingham

16th June 2019 - India vs Pakistan at Manchester

22nd June 2019 - India vs Afghanistan at Southampton 

27th June 2019 - India vs West Indies at Manchester

30th June 2019 - India vs England at Birmingham 

2nd July 2019 - India vs Bangladesh at Birmingham

6th July 2019 - India vs Sri Lanka at Leeds

Surely the match between India and Pakistan stands out of the rest. It is well renowned as mother of all games as it grabs maximum eye balls in most of the sports. India vs Pakistan match will be held at Manchester on 16th June.

Ganguly and Gambhir consider India as favourites for Cricket World Cup 2019

India are favourites believe Ganguly and Gambhir

Former Indian captain and a prolific limited overs player Sourav Ganguly (in an interview) expressed his views about Cricket World Cup 2019. He is pretty confident about Virat Kohli and company and he believes India are the strongest contenders to life the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

Following great performance by team India down under in Australia and then in New Zealand, former captain has shown great confidence in the current Indian batting and bowling line up. He said Indian top order in batting is better than any other team. They know how to handle pressure. They have mastered the art of chasing which is not to easy in the limited overs of cricket. For totals like 250, Indian batting line up finds no issues in chasing down the total comfortably and they are much better than that. They can even chase much bigger totals. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are in prime form and they lay down a strong foundation in any ODI innings. 

About bowling he believes Kulcha (Kuldeep Yadav and Yajuvendra Chahal) are doing a brilliant job with the ball. Their variation adds flavor to the Indian bowling line up which already consists of quickies like Shami, Bhuvaneshwar and Bumrah. 

Former cricketer and a part of the world cup winning team in 2011, Gautam Gambhir has also expressed a lot of confidence in the current Indian ODI team. He also picked his squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 which is as follows:

Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav.

The official squads for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 are yet to be announced. We will keep you updated with the squads once they are announced. As far as the live cricket action is concerned, Indian cricket fans can enjoy Cricket World Cup 2019 live streaming and telecast on HotStar and Star Sports HD TV network with live English and Hindi commentary.

Sourav Ganguly's ODI career highlights:

Matches - 311

Runs - 11363

Batting Average - 41

Centuries - 22

Wickets - 100

Gautam Gambhir's ODI career highlights:

Matches - 147

Runs - 5238

Batting Average - 39.68

Centuries - 11