Indian Squad For Twenty20 – T20 World Cup 2009
Indian Squad for Twenty20 World Cup in England is named. However, its only the preliminary squad and is
subject to some changes if need be.
There is no surprise and MS Dhoni will be captain for the second edition as well. He takes all credit in surprising cricket mad Indian fans by a win in South Africa in 2007 against Australia. No wonder the game instantly became popular here in the sub continent.
About 30 members are named in the preliminary squad and this will be trimmed to 15 members before the event. In the 30; however, seniors such as explosive in form batsman Virender Sehwag and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh find spot. There is a surprise inclusion in Lakshmipathy Balaji who was off limelight for more than 3 years after some shine with his bowling. The team of 30 look like this:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Naman Ojha, Subramaniam Badrinath, Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha, Amit Mishra, Abhishek Nayar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Dhawal Kulkarni.
The final 15 members are guessable by anyone who follows Indian cricket international and domestic circuits closely.
From what I have heard and followed, Joginder & Sreesanth are dropped from T20 World Cup.
Indian Team for T20 World Cup Announced is as follows:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag (VC), Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, and Pragyan Ojha.
BEST INDIAN T20 SQUAD (on the basis of I.P.L)
1 Virender Sehwag,
2 Gautam Gambhir,
3 Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
4 Yuvraj Singh,
5 Suresh Raina,
6 Rohit Sharma,
7 Irfan Pathan,
8 Yusuf Pathan,
9 Ravindra Jadeja,
10 Zaheer Khan,
11 Munaf Patel,
12 Subramaniam Badrinath,
Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Naman Ojha, Robin Uthappa, Manoj Tiwary, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha, Amit Mishra, Abhishek Nayar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Dhawal Kulkarni.