Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has named the ‘reliable’ duo of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah is one of India’s strengths heading into the 2024 T20 World Cup as well. Team India will hope to end their 17-year title drought in the shortest format as well. However, India are placed in Group A alongside Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and the United States of America. They will begin their campaign against Ireland in New York on Wednesday, June 5 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said, “They have Virat Kohli in batting and Jasprit Bumrah in bowling – two absolutely gun players and reliable players over a period of time if we talk about consistency. Of course, you will also have Rohit Sharma’s explosiveness, Hardik Pandya’s finishing later and Suryakumar Yadav’s incredible shots in the middle, but the two pillars of reliability, who deliver 99.9 percent of the times you expect from them, will be Virat Kohli at the top and Jasprit Bumrah.”

However, Virat Kohli was the top run-getter for India in the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finals. Notably, Bumrah missed the last edition due to a back injury and he will want to make up for his absence this time as well. Meanwhile, he also added that Kuldeep Yadav could be a huge plus point for India as well.

“The Indian team’s strength is experience. Experience comes in very handy on the world stage. If you already know how to come out of difficult situations, and you see a lot of experience in Rohit, Kohli, Bumrah, Surykumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja, and you say these guys have been there and done that,” he shared.

“If we see the bowling, of course, you have two left-arm spinners, both are of different kinds. I feel Kuldeep Yadav could be a massive strength because his leg-spin in the middle overs, whether it’s in New York or when we go to the West Indies, or if we reach the semi-finals and play in Guyana, he will have a very big role,” Aakash Chopra concluded.