'India have identified core players for T20 World Cup'
January 29, 2020  11:58
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India's batting coach Vikram Rathour revealed that the team management has already identified the core of players for the T20 World Cup to be staged in Australia in October-November.

"Adjustments will keep going on till the last minute. But, as far as I am concerned and the team management is concerned, we have the core. We know what our team is going to be. Unless there is a case of injury or really bad loss in form, I don't see many changes happening," said Rathour on Wednesday.

With an on the T20 World Cup in Australia, India have been on experimentation mode since the start of the home season in September last year, giving opportunities to host of a youngsters, including Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar and Shivam Dube.

Since his appointment as batting coach of the senior team, part of Rathour's brief has been to bring up the younger batsmen in the side. In that aspect he expressed satisfaction in terms of how the younger generation is coming through via A-tours.

"A-tour helps a lot. In case of any injuries, if you are looking for any replacements, we know players are here, just a city away. They can immediately come in and they are already acclimatized to the conditions. I think that's a great idea and that's working really well for our team.

"The foreign pitches are getting more even and even. There is not that vast a difference now like it used to be earlier. And the amount of cricket these guys are playing, as a coach you can't do anything about not having practice sessions but they are adjusting beautifully.

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