Shami named in India squad for ICC World T20 2016

Negi has the experience of playing T20 cricket with the likes of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashish Nehra, having played key roles for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League after he joined the side in 2014. He has 479 runs at a strike-rate of 134.92 and 46 wickets at an economy of 7.42 from 56 T20 matches and was in fine form in the recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament.

Dhoni, as expected, will lead the squad. The senior trio of Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra also keep their places.

The 16-team ICC World T20 will be played in three stages from March 8 to April 3.

India are placed in Super 10 Group 2 along with Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and a qualifier from the group stage. India begin their campaign against New Zealand in Nagpur on March 15 and face Pakistan in Dharamsala on March 19.

Squad:

MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya.

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