T20 World Cup: Axar Patel axed, Shardul Thakur steps into India squad

Shardul Thakur’s big-hitting ability with the bat won him a place in the main team ahead of Deepak Chahar who remains a standby along with Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer. The move followed Hardik Pandya’s inability to prove that he could bowl a full quota of overs during the World Cup.
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