With every passing day the 2019 ICC World Cup is inching ever-so closer. In the last few months leading up to the biggest cricketing tournament in the world, all eyes will be on the India team combination that&#8217;ll take on the mightiest of oppositions in an attempt to bring the shiny trophy back home. While more than one veteran is expected to make the cut, we can expect to see quite a few fresh faces this time around.

Every Indian cricketer will be putting in their hundred percent in order to play the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shahid-afridi-picks-favourites-fifa-world-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2019 World Cup</strong></a> for their nation &#8211; a feat considered to be of the highest honour. But not all of them will be able to don the blue jersey bearing their name and the helmet with the nation&#8217;s flag on it. From fitness issues to poor strings of performances in the recent past, here&#8217;s a list of Indian players who might not make it to the 2019 WC squad this time around.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-75064" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mohammad-Shami.jpg" alt="Mohammed Shami" width="600" height="399" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-75064" class="wp-caption-text">India&#8217;s bowler Mohammed Shami attends a practice session. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Pacer Mohammed Shami has been having a nightmarish time in the past couple of months. From getting embroiled in an ugly battle of words with his wife that led to police complaints to being plagued by recurring injuries, the speedster will have to pull out a rabbit out of his hat if he&#8217;s to make it to the squad for the 2019 WC. He was recently ruled out of the historic one-off Test match against Afghanistan.

Shami, who&#8217;d been a part of the 2015 India world cup squad, may as well find himself out of contention for the upcoming edition of the tournament given that he recently failed the Yo-Yo fitness test due to an injured hamstring. He had to sit out the majority of the 2018 <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/category/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Indian Premier League (IPL)</strong></a>, after which he underwent a rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). With a repertoire of 91 ODI wickets in 50 games up until now, it&#8217;ll be a severe blow for India if they&#8217;re unable to avail Shami&#8217;s pace and bounce on the English pitches.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-224883" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Manish-Pandey.jpg" alt="Manish Pandey" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-224883" class="wp-caption-text">Manish Pandey of India. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption>

28 year-old Manish Pandey has long been considered as a force to be reckoned with, especially when it comes to the shorter formats of the game. However, his average run with the bat in the recently concluded eleventh edition of the IPL has put him in a tough spot. In a time where the young talent pool of the game in India is brimming and overflowing, this lacklustre string of performances from Pandey can very well see him miss out on the 2019 WC.

Pandey&#8217;s relative inexperience in difficult English conditions will be the ruling factor against his inclusion in the World Cup squad, coupled with his compilation of just 284 runs in 13 IPL matches for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at an underwhelming average of 25.82. If he&#8217;s to have a shot at making it to the side in time, Pandey will have to perform exceptionally in the upcoming India tour of Ireland.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-166711" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shreyas-Iyer.jpg" alt="Shreyas Iyer" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-166711" class="wp-caption-text">Shreyas Iyer inspires India A to victory. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The current Indian side is already teeming with exceptionally talented batsmen and with young players like Rishabh Pant and Prithvi fast emerging onto the big platform, Shreyas Iyer is likely to find himself on the back-foot. Although Iyer performed well in the IPL with 411 runs in 14 matches for the Delhi Daredevils (DD), his short captaincy stint for the side after <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/gautam-gambhir-slams-two-former-indian-cricketers-termed-navdeep-saini-outsider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Gautam Gambhir</strong></a> stepped down from the mantle didn&#8217;t turn out to be much of a success.

The 23 year-old has played only 6 ODIs till date, with his lone abroad stint having come in at South Africa where his highest score was recorded as 30. When encountered with the pace and swing off the British turf, it&#8217;s hard to say how the youngster will cope with the pressure. As a result, the prospects of Iyer making his World Cup debut in 2019 seem to be quite grim. A stellar run in the upcoming India Tour of England will be key in turning the tables in his favour. However, to his advantage, the young batsman still has a long way to go and his World Cup dream will anything but over even if he fails to make the cut in 2019.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-43784" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sanju-Samson-of-India-A.jpg" alt="Sanju Samson India A" width="700" height="521" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-43784" class="wp-caption-text">Sanju Samson. (Photo Source: PTI)</figcaption>

Young <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sanju-samson-fails-yo-yo-test-replacement-announced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sanju Samson</strong></a> must&#8217;ve received a heavy blow when he failed to clear the mandatory Yo-Yo fitness test a few days back and was ruled out of India A&#8217;s Tour of England. While many have been blaming the lack of a specialised trainers for Samson&#8217;s downfall, this might just be the red signal for the youngster&#8217;s dreams of making it to the Indian national team for the 2019 World Cup.

Samson&#8217;s plight is even more distressing when one takes into account the prolific run he&#8217;d had in the IPL 2018, where he accrued 441 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 137.81. Armed with some spectacular drives on the off-side and an equal prowess on the on-side, Samson&#8217;s inability to gain the requires exposure to the English conditions before 2019 may well draw the curtains on his chances of being included in the upcoming world cup squad.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-193192" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Vijay-Shankar.jpg" alt="Vijay Shankar News" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-193192" class="wp-caption-text">Vijay Shankar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The all-rounder shined through the grimness of Delhi Daredevils&#8217;s misery in IPL 11 quite a few times, when he emerged as the perfect all-rounder &#8211; hitting the big shots and bowling quick pace with equal ease. The 27 year-old&#8217;s breakthrough moment came in November 2017 when he was called up as a replacement to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the series against Sri Lanka. IPL 2018 saw him score 212 runs in 11 games, along with the lone wicket of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)&#8217;s Faf du Plessis in the first DD vs CSK encounter of the season.

However, with the likes of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/is-hardik-pandya-really-dating-esha-gupta-heres-the-clarification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Hardik Pandya</strong></a>-Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar having emerged and gained prominence as India&#8217;s answer to the persistent all-rounder question, Shankar might have to wait a few years more before he can make his World Cup debut stint. Considering the fact that he&#8217;s not earned a call-up to India&#8217;s 16-member squad against the upcoming tour of England, Shankar&#8217;s chances of playing the 2019 World Cup seem to be very low.

<p>With every passing day the 2019 ICC World Cup is inching ever-so closer. In the last few months leading up to the biggest cricketing tournament in the world, all eyes will be on the India team combination that’ll take on the mightiest of oppositions in an attempt to bring the shiny trophy back home. While more than one veteran is expected to make the cut, we can expect to see quite a few fresh faces this time around.</p>
<p>Every Indian cricketer will be putting in their hundred percent in order to play the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shahid-afridi-picks-favourites-fifa-world-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2019 World Cup</strong></a> for their nation – a feat considered to be of the highest honour. But not all of them will be able to don the blue jersey bearing their name and the helmet with the nation’s flag on it. From fitness issues to poor strings of performances in the recent past, here’s a list of Indian players who might not make it to the 2019 WC squad this time around.</p>
<h3>1. Mohammed Shami</h3>
<figure id="attachment_75064" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75064" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-75064" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mohammad-Shami.jpg" alt="Mohammed Shami" width="600" height="399" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-75064" class="wp-caption-text">India’s bowler Mohammed Shami attends a practice session. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Pacer Mohammed Shami has been having a nightmarish time in the past couple of months. From getting embroiled in an ugly battle of words with his wife that led to police complaints to being plagued by recurring injuries, the speedster will have to pull out a rabbit out of his hat if he’s to make it to the squad for the 2019 WC. He was recently ruled out of the historic one-off Test match against Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Shami, who’d been a part of the 2015 India world cup squad, may as well find himself out of contention for the upcoming edition of the tournament given that he recently failed the Yo-Yo fitness test due to an injured hamstring. He had to sit out the majority of the 2018 <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/category/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Indian Premier League (IPL)</strong></a>, after which he underwent a rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). With a repertoire of 91 ODI wickets in 50 games up until now, it’ll be a severe blow for India if they’re unable to avail Shami’s pace and bounce on the English pitches.</p>
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<h3>2. Manish Pandey</h3>
<figure id="attachment_224883" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-224883" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-224883" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Manish-Pandey.jpg" alt="Manish Pandey" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-224883" class="wp-caption-text">Manish Pandey of India. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>28 year-old Manish Pandey has long been considered as a force to be reckoned with, especially when it comes to the shorter formats of the game. However, his average run with the bat in the recently concluded eleventh edition of the IPL has put him in a tough spot. In a time where the young talent pool of the game in India is brimming and overflowing, this lacklustre string of performances from Pandey can very well see him miss out on the 2019 WC.</p>
<p>Pandey’s relative inexperience in difficult English conditions will be the ruling factor against his inclusion in the World Cup squad, coupled with his compilation of just 284 runs in 13 IPL matches for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at an underwhelming average of 25.82. If he’s to have a shot at making it to the side in time, Pandey will have to perform exceptionally in the upcoming India tour of Ireland.</p>
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<h3>3. Shreyas Iyer</h3>
<figure id="attachment_166711" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-166711" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-166711" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shreyas-Iyer.jpg" alt="Shreyas Iyer" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-166711" class="wp-caption-text">Shreyas Iyer inspires India A to victory. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The current Indian side is already teeming with exceptionally talented batsmen and with young players like Rishabh Pant and Prithvi fast emerging onto the big platform, Shreyas Iyer is likely to find himself on the back-foot. Although Iyer performed well in the IPL with 411 runs in 14 matches for the Delhi Daredevils (DD), his short captaincy stint for the side after <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/gautam-gambhir-slams-two-former-indian-cricketers-termed-navdeep-saini-outsider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Gautam Gambhir</strong></a> stepped down from the mantle didn’t turn out to be much of a success.</p>
<p>The 23 year-old has played only 6 ODIs till date, with his lone abroad stint having come in at South Africa where his highest score was recorded as 30. When encountered with the pace and swing off the British turf, it’s hard to say how the youngster will cope with the pressure. As a result, the prospects of Iyer making his World Cup debut in 2019 seem to be quite grim. A stellar run in the upcoming India Tour of England will be key in turning the tables in his favour. However, to his advantage, the young batsman still has a long way to go and his World Cup dream will anything but over even if he fails to make the cut in 2019.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>4. Sanju Samson</h3>
<figure id="attachment_43784" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-43784" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-43784" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sanju-Samson-of-India-A.jpg" alt="Sanju Samson India A" width="700" height="521" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-43784" class="wp-caption-text">Sanju Samson. (Photo Source: PTI)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Young <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sanju-samson-fails-yo-yo-test-replacement-announced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sanju Samson</strong></a> must’ve received a heavy blow when he failed to clear the mandatory Yo-Yo fitness test a few days back and was ruled out of India A’s Tour of England. While many have been blaming the lack of a specialised trainers for Samson’s downfall, this might just be the red signal for the youngster’s dreams of making it to the Indian national team for the 2019 World Cup.</p>
<p>Samson’s plight is even more distressing when one takes into account the prolific run he’d had in the IPL 2018, where he accrued 441 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 137.81. Armed with some spectacular drives on the off-side and an equal prowess on the on-side, Samson’s inability to gain the requires exposure to the English conditions before 2019 may well draw the curtains on his chances of being included in the upcoming world cup squad.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>5. Vijay Shankar</h3>
<figure id="attachment_193192" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-193192" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-193192" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Vijay-Shankar.jpg" alt="Vijay Shankar News" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-193192" class="wp-caption-text">Vijay Shankar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The all-rounder shined through the grimness of Delhi Daredevils’s misery in IPL 11 quite a few times, when he emerged as the perfect all-rounder – hitting the big shots and bowling quick pace with equal ease. The 27 year-old’s breakthrough moment came in November 2017 when he was called up as a replacement to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the series against Sri Lanka. IPL 2018 saw him score 212 runs in 11 games, along with the lone wicket of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’s Faf du Plessis in the first DD vs CSK encounter of the season.</p>
<p>However, with the likes of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/is-hardik-pandya-really-dating-esha-gupta-heres-the-clarification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Hardik Pandya</strong></a>-Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar having emerged and gained prominence as India’s answer to the persistent all-rounder question, Shankar might have to wait a few years more before he can make his World Cup debut stint. Considering the fact that he’s not earned a call-up to India’s 16-member squad against the upcoming tour of England, Shankar’s chances of playing the 2019 World Cup seem to be very low.</p>

<p>With every passing day the 2019 ICC World Cup is inching ever-so closer. In the last few months leading up to the biggest cricketing tournament in the world, all eyes will be on the India team combination that&#8217;ll take on the mightiest of oppositions in an attempt to bring the shiny trophy back home. While more than one veteran is expected to make the cut, we can expect to see quite a few fresh faces this time around.</p>
<p>Every Indian cricketer will be putting in their hundred percent in order to play the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shahid-afridi-picks-favourites-fifa-world-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2019 World Cup</strong></a> for their nation &#8211; a feat considered to be of the highest honour. But not all of them will be able to don the blue jersey bearing their name and the helmet with the nation&#8217;s flag on it. From fitness issues to poor strings of performances in the recent past, here&#8217;s a list of Indian players who might not make it to the 2019 WC squad this time around.</p>
<h3>1. Mohammed Shami</h3>
<figure id="attachment_75064" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-75064" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-75064" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mohammad-Shami.jpg" alt="Mohammed Shami" width="600" height="399" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-75064" class="wp-caption-text">India&#8217;s bowler Mohammed Shami attends a practice session. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Pacer Mohammed Shami has been having a nightmarish time in the past couple of months. From getting embroiled in an ugly battle of words with his wife that led to police complaints to being plagued by recurring injuries, the speedster will have to pull out a rabbit out of his hat if he&#8217;s to make it to the squad for the 2019 WC. He was recently ruled out of the historic one-off Test match against Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Shami, who&#8217;d been a part of the 2015 India world cup squad, may as well find himself out of contention for the upcoming edition of the tournament given that he recently failed the Yo-Yo fitness test due to an injured hamstring. He had to sit out the majority of the 2018 <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/category/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Indian Premier League (IPL)</strong></a>, after which he underwent a rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). With a repertoire of 91 ODI wickets in 50 games up until now, it&#8217;ll be a severe blow for India if they&#8217;re unable to avail Shami&#8217;s pace and bounce on the English pitches.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>2. Manish Pandey</h3>
<figure id="attachment_224883" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-224883" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-224883" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Manish-Pandey.jpg" alt="Manish Pandey" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-224883" class="wp-caption-text">Manish Pandey of India. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>28 year-old Manish Pandey has long been considered as a force to be reckoned with, especially when it comes to the shorter formats of the game. However, his average run with the bat in the recently concluded eleventh edition of the IPL has put him in a tough spot. In a time where the young talent pool of the game in India is brimming and overflowing, this lacklustre string of performances from Pandey can very well see him miss out on the 2019 WC.</p>
<p>Pandey&#8217;s relative inexperience in difficult English conditions will be the ruling factor against his inclusion in the World Cup squad, coupled with his compilation of just 284 runs in 13 IPL matches for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at an underwhelming average of 25.82. If he&#8217;s to have a shot at making it to the side in time, Pandey will have to perform exceptionally in the upcoming India tour of Ireland.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>3. Shreyas Iyer</h3>
<figure id="attachment_166711" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-166711" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-166711" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Shreyas-Iyer.jpg" alt="Shreyas Iyer" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-166711" class="wp-caption-text">Shreyas Iyer inspires India A to victory. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The current Indian side is already teeming with exceptionally talented batsmen and with young players like Rishabh Pant and Prithvi fast emerging onto the big platform, Shreyas Iyer is likely to find himself on the back-foot. Although Iyer performed well in the IPL with 411 runs in 14 matches for the Delhi Daredevils (DD), his short captaincy stint for the side after <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/gautam-gambhir-slams-two-former-indian-cricketers-termed-navdeep-saini-outsider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Gautam Gambhir</strong></a> stepped down from the mantle didn&#8217;t turn out to be much of a success.</p>
<p>The 23 year-old has played only 6 ODIs till date, with his lone abroad stint having come in at South Africa where his highest score was recorded as 30. When encountered with the pace and swing off the British turf, it&#8217;s hard to say how the youngster will cope with the pressure. As a result, the prospects of Iyer making his World Cup debut in 2019 seem to be quite grim. A stellar run in the upcoming India Tour of England will be key in turning the tables in his favour. However, to his advantage, the young batsman still has a long way to go and his World Cup dream will anything but over even if he fails to make the cut in 2019.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>4. Sanju Samson</h3>
<figure id="attachment_43784" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-43784" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-43784" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sanju-Samson-of-India-A.jpg" alt="Sanju Samson India A" width="700" height="521" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-43784" class="wp-caption-text">Sanju Samson. (Photo Source: PTI)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Young <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sanju-samson-fails-yo-yo-test-replacement-announced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sanju Samson</strong></a> must&#8217;ve received a heavy blow when he failed to clear the mandatory Yo-Yo fitness test a few days back and was ruled out of India A&#8217;s Tour of England. While many have been blaming the lack of a specialised trainers for Samson&#8217;s downfall, this might just be the red signal for the youngster&#8217;s dreams of making it to the Indian national team for the 2019 World Cup.</p>
<p>Samson&#8217;s plight is even more distressing when one takes into account the prolific run he&#8217;d had in the IPL 2018, where he accrued 441 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 137.81. Armed with some spectacular drives on the off-side and an equal prowess on the on-side, Samson&#8217;s inability to gain the requires exposure to the English conditions before 2019 may well draw the curtains on his chances of being included in the upcoming world cup squad.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>5. Vijay Shankar</h3>
<figure id="attachment_193192" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-193192" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-193192" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Vijay-Shankar.jpg" alt="Vijay Shankar News" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-193192" class="wp-caption-text">Vijay Shankar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The all-rounder shined through the grimness of Delhi Daredevils&#8217;s misery in IPL 11 quite a few times, when he emerged as the perfect all-rounder &#8211; hitting the big shots and bowling quick pace with equal ease. The 27 year-old&#8217;s breakthrough moment came in November 2017 when he was called up as a replacement to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the series against Sri Lanka. IPL 2018 saw him score 212 runs in 11 games, along with the lone wicket of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)&#8217;s Faf du Plessis in the first DD vs CSK encounter of the season.</p>
<p>However, with the likes of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/is-hardik-pandya-really-dating-esha-gupta-heres-the-clarification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Hardik Pandya</strong></a>-Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar having emerged and gained prominence as India&#8217;s answer to the persistent all-rounder question, Shankar might have to wait a few years more before he can make his World Cup debut stint. Considering the fact that he&#8217;s not earned a call-up to India&#8217;s 16-member squad against the upcoming tour of England, Shankar&#8217;s chances of playing the 2019 World Cup seem to be very low.</p>

In spite of their best efforts, not all of the players will be able to don the blue jersey bearing their name and the helmet with the nation's flag on it.

5 current Indian players who might miss out on the 2019 World Cup squad

With every passing day the 2019 ICC World Cup is inching closer. In the last few months leading up to the biggest cricketing tournament of the