Avesh Khan Video Calls Rinku Singh as Pacer Leaves for T20 World Cup with Yuzvendra Chahal: WATCH – News18

Hours after the first batch of Indian cricketers arrived in the USA, the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan also left the country to participate in the T20 World Cup 2024, starting later this week. While Chahal was named in India’s 15-man squad for the showpiece event, Avesh is one of the travelling reserves, along with Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh and Khaleel Ahmed.

Both Chahal and Avesh were spotted outside the Mumbai airport on Monday night. In a video shared by news agency ANI on microblogging site X, both players could be seen entering the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to board their flight to the US. Meanwhile, Avesh turned his phone towards the paparazzi who found out that the fast bowler was speaking to Rinku over a video call. The latter will travel for the World Cup on Tuesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, the first batch of the Indian cricket team landed in New York on Monday morning.

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The team members took off from Mumbai on Saturday night. After a short layover in Dubai, they arrived in the United States on Monday morning to participate in the showpiece event. The Indian skipper, along with Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and travelling reserves Shubman Gill and Khaleel Ahmed touched down New York on Monday.

According to Star Sports, Rohit Sharma & Co will rest for the next two days before beginning their practice sessions in America. Team India will square off against Bangladesh in a practice game on June 1. The inaugural champions will begin their campaign in the T20 World Cup against Ireland on June 5.

Earlier on Monday, News18 CricketNext had reported that Virat Kohli will likely link up with the squad before the warm-up fixture. The second batch of players left this morning and Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan and Yashasvi Jaiswal will be joining the squad soon.

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