10 Pacers Who Should Be in Reckoning for India’s T20 World Cup Squad

Producer: Peuli Bakshi

Jasprit Bumrah

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Harshal Patel

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Arshdeep Singh

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T Natarajan

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Mayank Yadav

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Khaleel Ahmed

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Avesh Khan

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Yash Thakur

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Mohammed Siraj

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

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