ICC World Cup 2011

India World Cup squad: Sreesanth, Rohit Sharma ignored

Originally posted by: Believe

India World Cup squad: Sreesanth, Rohit Sharma ignored

Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,

Yuvraj Singh,👎🏼

Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin
 

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Originally posted by: hindu4lyf

I thought Sachin is not confirmed yet due to a hamstring injury?

Yuvraj Singh has got to be the most inconsistent player in the Indian Cricket Team.

Originally posted by: souro

Sachin, Sehwag, Gambhir and Praveen Kumar are all injured but none of them are suffering from any serious injuries. Going by the nature of their injury the selectors decided that they will bet fit by the time WC starts.

And about Yuvraj: He had a terrible year in 2010. Not many runs, then there was fitness issues, IPL controversy. But to dismiss him as the most inconsistent player is unfair. Apart from the last year he has performed quite consistently and is a proven match winner, it's just that we tend to remember only the performance of the last season.
Among those selected, the only batsmen who are somewhat inconsistent are Suresh Raina (very susceptible to the short ball) and Yusuf Pathan (especially since the time his weakness to the short ball got exposed). But then even they're not bad.
The only surprise inclusion according to me was Piyush Chawla. He hasn't even played ODIs for a long time.

Well the Selectors have selected the Final 15 squad for ICC WC 2011.But the Question is that Is this the Best Line Up?

Certainly Not So & this is a debatable issue.

Well I'm not Surprised Or Shocked on the Issue of an Extra Wicket-Keeper in the Squad coz i know that there can't be any place available for an Extra wicket-Keeper when MSD is there.Plus I don't think MSD will get injured in the Rarest of Rare case coz India have to play all their Group games with a break of 9 days after each successive game.

I'm not Surprised for Rohit Sharma missing out too coz when you have big Experienced Heavy-weights like Sachin,Sehwag,MSD,Yuvi & Dangerous Batsmen in the lights of Gambhir,Virat,Raina & Yusuf who can destroy any bowling attack of the world,You Basically don't need more specialist batsmen in the team.

Well what Disturbs me is the bowling Attack with which we're going to Penetrate into world's Best Batting Line-ups & demolish them.

Now coming to the Pace Battery Dept,

Except Zaq(ZaheerK),there isn't a imminent pacer in this selected team.Well Ashish Nehra,Munaf Or Praveen Kumar are not fast pace bowlers coz these bowlers hardly bowl in 120-125 case Km/hr.So basically these are medium pacers.

Well I'm really shocked about Ashish Nehra's inclusion coz Last 10 matches,his performance is crumbling.Though he may take a odd wicket here or there but till that,the Opposition gets the best out of him & they hit him for runs.He isn't not that much effective when it comes to bowling in the death-overs.He leaks runs when it comes to bowling in Death overs which creates pressure on us.

I'm surprised for Praveen Kumar's Inclusion too coz he has been in & out of the team due to injuries.Plus we don't have such Swinging conditions at our disposal which can assist him.In that case,the opposition can take advantage out of him coz he can't generate pace & speed in his bowling.

Thus our bowling attack does'nt look lethal.

And Above All,Except Raina,Yuvi,Virat & MSD,the Fielding Standards of other players are below par & they're not agile & flexible in the outfield.

What I'm more Shocked & raising my brow is the Inclusion of Piyush Chawla in the team.I mean he has'nt played any international game for last 30 months & how can you select him in such case???

I don't understand what's the logic behind inclusion of  third specialist spinner when you have Harbhajan & Ashwin with you.Plus MSD entrusts bowl to Part-timers like Yuvi, Yusuf & Raina in every match & ensures that they complete an quota of 10-15 overs.

The need of the hour was Inclusion of SreeSanth who's performing continously well & consistently has been amongst wickets plus he is the faster bowler today in our country who can bowl deliveries at a consistent pace of 143km/hr.

And He's Also a Lively Character on the field & Every Captain would love to take him in their team as Rightly said by SA's Pacer Makhaya Ntini.

Well Likewise Ishant Sharma also need to be included with Sree.Our Bowling Attack would have looked lethal then.

Certainly this World Cup won't be interesting in the absence of Sree.We'll will definitely Miss Sree & his Agression.

Let's hope for the Best.