Mumbai: BCCI selection committee chairman MSK Prasad arrives to attend the selection committee meeting at BCCI head office in Mumbai. (Photo: IANS)
Team India chief selector MSK Prasad has said the selection committee will announce the squad for 2019 World Cup on or before April 20. As per the tournament's guidelines, every team has to unveil its final squad at least a month before the beginning of the tournament on May 30. The World Cup will take place in England and Wales.
Prasad, who visited a temple at Srikalahasti town in Andhra Pradesh, his home state, spoke to journalists later and said they have worked on the team and players for one-and-half years now and tried and tested combinations. Prasad said the squad for the 2019 World Cup will be announced on or before April 20.
Ten teams will participate in this year’s World Cup, the 12th edition since 1975, and will play each other in the round-robin format with the top four point-earners making it to the semi-finals.
