Without much surprise, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Monday announced the 15-member squad for the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup team. The defending champion has some new faces, including the promising spinner Pragyan Ojha and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
The selection committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth kept last time winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain of the team, while Virender Sehwag will be the vice-captain. The T20 World Cup will start in London on June 5.
Members of selection committee after a meeting held in Cape Town on April 24 has decided to consider the present form of the players in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament before finalizing the team.
India Twenty20 Team: MS Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag (VC), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.
Selectors also took count of the excellent performance of left-arm seamer RP Singh who is currently the frontline bowler for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League, picking up 12 wickets in six matches. He was chosen ahead of Munaf Patel.
However, despite some illustrious performance in the IPL so far, Mumbai Indians' Abhishek Nayar could not make it to the final list. Other players who were expected to be included were paceman S. Sreesanth, spinner Piyush Chawla, L. Balaji, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ajit Agarkar, Robin Uthappa, and Joginder Sharma.
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