20 January, 2011

Team India for World Cup 2011 to be picked

“K Srikanth-led BCCI national selectors will meet in Chennai to pick the final squad for World Cup 2011.”

The National selectors will select the 15-member Team India out of 30 probables.

All eyes will be on off-colour Yuvraj Singh’s selection. However, Yuvraj scored fifty in the Johannesburg ODI to claim the World Cup ticket. According to the sources, selectors will select 8-9 batsmen and one extra wicketkeeper.

 
 
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the Team India in the World Cup 2011, beginning from “February19th. 

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Virat Kohli are sure to get the berth in World Cup side. As far as second wicketkeeper is concerned, the fight is between Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik.

Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, S Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar and Ishant Sharma will vie in the pace department. Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, R Ashwin and Piyush Chawla will contest in the spin department.

“The World Cup is to be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from February 19th- 2nd April.”

 India are placed in Group B in the preliminary phase along with co-hosts Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and Netherlands. India and Bangladesh will kick off the tournament in the latter's backyard - at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

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