T20 World Cup 2024: 'On National Duty' - Hardik Pandya Links Up With Indian Squad in New York

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All-rounder Hardik Pandya has linked up with his teammates in New York as Indian squad prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, scheduled to be held next month in the United States and Caribbean.

The first batch of players, including skipper Rohit Sharma, left for USA on Saturday (May 25) from Mumbai. The travelling group did not feature vice captain Pandya, who was expected to join the group from London.

After a dismal IPL 2024 outing as skipper of Mumbai Indians, Pandya had flown to London for training after he was selected for the Indian T20 World Cup 2024 squad. And on Wednesday (May 29), the all-rounder took to social media to reveal he had linked up with the team.

The 30-year-old posted a few pictures of him training along with the rest of Indian squad on X with the caption: "On national duty." This was Hardik's first post on X since May 6th when Mumbai Indians won a game in IPL 2024.

Apart from Hardik, four more players also arrived in New York to link up with the rest of the squad as Rajasthan Royals trio of Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan and Yashasvi Jaiswal joined their skipper Sanju Samson, who was already pictured in practice.

17 of the 18 members of the Indian squad and the coaching staff are in New York with only Virat Kohli yet to fly out to the west. The star batter is expected to leave to the USA in the next few days, but will reportedly miss the solitary warm up match.

Kohli, who is fresh from a good IPL with the bat, winning the Orange Cap, is likely to miss Team India's only practice match before the tournament begins in the weekend.

India is scheduled to face Bangladesh in a warm up match on Saturday (June 1) before they open their T20 World Cup 2024 group stage campaign against Ireland on Wednesday (June 5) in New York.

India squad for T20 World Cup 2024

Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice captain), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah. Stand By: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan.