Rishabh Pant and Ambati Rayudu were the biggest exclusions as India named the 15-member squad for ICC World Cup 2019. The team, which will be led by Virat Kohli, included Dinesh Karthik as the second wicket-keeper besides MS Dhoni. Vijay Shankar was included in the squad as an all-rounder along with Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Kedar Jadhav.
In the bowling department, the individuals who were included in the team were Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Shami.
As soon as the world cup squad announced, every IPL team started to congratulate their team players who has got place in the world cup squad. Sun risers Hyderabad posted a video of Vijay Shankar expressing his joy over being selected for the world cup squad for the first time.
Check out how every IPL team reacted for the squad announcement :
Chennai Super Kings
These Lions’ mane just became Blue! Congratulations to our Super Trio on making it to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Squad! #WhistlePodu #Yellove #CWC19 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/K9XUWcfDjj
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 15, 2019
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Congrats, Cap’n @imVkohli & @yuzi_chahal! #TeamIndia
Now let’s #PlayBold tonight! https://t.co/1lJOujWqzS
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 15, 2019
Mumbai Indians
Check out India’s provisional squad for the 2019 @ICC @cricketworldcup ⬇
What’s your take, Paltan?#CricketMeriJaan #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/YRitFwgEiz
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 15, 2019
Kolkata Knight Riders
Blue is the colour for @imkuldeep18! 🇮🇳
Congratulations to our Spin Virtuoso for making it to #TeamIndia‘s squad for the #CWC19 🏆#KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/g0jNh8naaT— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 15, 2019
Hard work definitely pays off! 🙌💜
🔵 Skipper @DineshKarthik will be donning the blue of #TeamIndia at the 2019 ICC @cricketworldcup . 👏#DineshKarthik #CWC19 #KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/4oO1zbMf8X— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 15, 2019
Kings 11 Punjab
#TeamIndia squad for #CWC19 is out! 🇮🇳
Fatte chak do hun England vich! 💪#SaddaPunjab #WorldCup2019 #MenInBlue pic.twitter.com/s60F0g4Em7
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 15, 2019
Delhi Capitals
Congratulations to @SDhawan25 for being called up to #TeamIndia for the upcoming @ICC #CWC19!
Dilliwalon, send in your wishes for Gabbar! 😁👇 #ThisIsNewDelhi #DelhiCapitals pic.twitter.com/h4BFBiDTcJ
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 15, 2019
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Congratulations to @BhuviOfficial and @vijayshankar260 on making it to India’s squad for the @ICC #CWC19! 🧡#OrangeArmy, send in your wishes for our boys below! 👇 #RiseWithUs #TeamIndia #MenInBlue #WorldCup2019 pic.twitter.com/mGCdzyQhKU
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 15, 2019
While every other IPL team wished for the Indian team and players for the upcoming World Cup, Rajasthan Royals, the team which is in the bottom of the points table with 4 points have wished best for the Australian player Steve Smith.
What better way to celebrate @stevesmith49‘s call-up to Australia’s @ICC #CWC19 squad than rewatching a classic Smith knock! 😍🙌🏾
Wanna watch it too? Click 👇 #HallaBol
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 15, 2019
The reason behind it is nothing but unfortunately no Indian player from the team have selected for the biggest tournament of ICC. The list has Virat Kohli as captain, Rohit Sharma as Vice captain and former world cup winning captain Dhoni as wicket keeper.
Other than them BCCI included Shikar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthick, Kuldeep Yadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jaspirit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.
