India’s Probables for World T20
In the absence of the domestic Twenty20 tournament, which was postponed for the second year in a row, performance in the IPL will be crucial for the 30 players selected in India’s preliminary World Twenty20 squad for the tournament in England.
The notable omissions were Sreesanth, Joginder Sharma, Ajit Agarkar and Piyush Chawla, who were part of the team that won the World Twenty20 in 2007.
The final squad of 15 to 16 players will be announced a month before the tournament begins on June 5.
The IPL assumes significance because it ends on May 24, leaving little time for a camp before the players leave for England.
Sreesanth ruled himself out of the IPL due to a back injury and had recently admitted he would be out of action for at least three months.
The selectors had always been skeptical once he struggled on his return to domestic cricket after sustaining an injury during last season’s IPL.
There were no specific parameters that the selectors looked at when they prepared the 30-man short list.
The list contains no surprises with most players picking themselves due to their form in the current season.
Tamil Nadu offspinner R Ashwin was picked as a back-up to Harbhajan Singh after a successful domestic season where he was the leading wicket-taker in Challenger Trophy (eight wickets) and took two more in three Deodhar Trophy games.
Squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan singh, Praveen Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, S Badrinath, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Nayar, Amit Mishra, R Ashwin, RP Singh, L Balaji, Dhawal Kulkarni, Naman Ojha.
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