Rohit had played three matches in the 2007 ICC World T20, remaining unbeaten in all three of his innings. He smashed an unbeaten 50 against South Africa in a crucial Super 8 clash.
The 2021 men's T20 World Cup marks Afghanistan's fifth appearance in the event since their first major appearance at an ICC event in the 2010 edition.
While Kohli has maintained that he would remain captain in the other two formats, one can't say with absolute certainty that he will be India's 50-over skipper going into the 2023 World Cup at home.
Kohli cited his "immense workload" to move away from the T20 captaincy and contribute as a batsman in the shortest format.
In his statement, Kohli said that his decision was taken after consulting head coach Ravi Shastri, his heir apparent Rohit, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.
Virat Kohli is set to step down from captaincy after the T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman, announced the India skipper in a tweet on Thursday.
The 34-year-old Ashwin has 52 wickets from 46 T20 International outings in his career.
Since then, Pakistan has played India twice in the 50-over format and got thrashed both times -- at the 2018 Asia Cup in Dubai and the 2019 ODI World Cup in England.
The IPL will resume on September 19 in the UAE after being suspended in May due to the second wave of COVID-19 in India, which led to multiple cases inside its bio-bubble.
Hayden and Philander will replace the pair of Misbah ul Haq and Waqar Younis who resigned earlier this month.
Shakib will be playing for KKR while Mustafizur is part of Rajasthan Royals.
India begin their campaign in the men's T20 World Cup against Pakistan in a Group 2 clash of Super 12 stage on October 24 in Dubai.
South Africa named their 15-man squad for the mega event on Thursday with notable absentees in the form of Chris Morris, Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir.
Tahir was one of the three big omissions alongside Faf du Plessis and Chris Morris from South Africa's squad for the T20 World Cup to be held in Oman and the UAE from October 17 to November 14
The T20 World Cup will be played from October 17 to November 14 in United Arab Emirates and Oman.
It is expected that the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee will meet at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai and link up with skipper Virat Kohli in Manchester and coach Ravi Shastri in London either on Tuesday or more likely on Wednesday.
According to the source, Misbah also had reservations over the selection of at least two players in the squad, particularly Azam Khan, and made it clear to Wasim Khan they can't be in the World Cup squad.
The Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed on Sunday that Pakistan men’s T20I squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand and England, and the T20 World Cup will be announced at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
At the Dubai International Stadium, Pakistan have played 36 T20 Internationals winning 21 of them.
India are placed in Group 2 of the Super 12 stage of ICC T20 World Cup 2021 which will begin from October 17 in the UAE and Oman. India will kick off their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 24 in Dubai.
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