T20I format was at its peak in the year 2022. Every nation across the world was busy playing in this format and improving their performance, keeping the T20 World Cup 2022 in mind. In the end, the England cricket team emerged as the champions of the mega event while playing under the leadership of Jos Buttler.
The four teams that qualified for the semifinals of last year’s mega event were India, Pakistan, New Zealand and England. India had played the highest number of T20I matches in the year 2022. The Men in Blue played a series against almost every top nation to prepare themselves for the grand event. However, their campaign on a dismal note as England squashed them by 10 wickets in the semifinal match.
Speaking of India’s performance in the shortest format of the game last year, the Men in Blue tried out many players in 2022. Some of them were debutants. While the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik and Deepak Hooda are still members of India’s team, the following two debutants of 2022 have lost their places in the squad.
1. Ravi Bishnoi made his T20I debut in 2022
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi started his international career in the T20 format last year in a match against the West Indies cricket team at the Eden Gardens. Bishnoi even played for the Indian team in the Asia Cup. However, he could not break into the T20 World Cup squad.
Subsequently, the selectors dropped him from the squad as his name is missing from the team for the ongoing series against the Sri Lankan cricket team.
2. Avesh Khan
Ravi Bishnoi’s Lucknow Super Giants teammate Avesh Khan also started his journey in the shortest format of the game last year against the West Indies cricket team at the Eden Gardens.
Khan played in the Asia Cup as well but fell sick during the tournament. The right-arm pacer is yet to play another game for the nation in this format after the Asia Cup.
