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March 26, 2010, 07:09 AM
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Indian T20 Team announced: Kohli, Pandey fail to make it to World T20 squad
Karnataka speedster R Vinay Kumar was rewarded for his consistent performance in domestic cricket while leg-spinner Piyush Chawla staged a surprise comeback into India's 15-member squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
The 26-year-old Vinay Kumar, who has been impressive in the ongoing IPL, was the only new face in the squad to be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Barring Vinay's inclusion and the recall of Uttar Pradesh leg-spinner Chawla, there were no major surprises in the squad announced by the BCCI secretary N Srinivasan after a selection panel meeting.
Pacers Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth and RP Singh, who were in the provisional 30-member list, failed to figure in the squad while spinners Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra also missed the bus.
Delhi batsman Virat Kohli, who was in the ODI squad against South Africa last month, was also left out of the squad for the event to be held in the Caribbean from April 30 to May 16.
Ashish Nehra, who has not played a single match in the ongoing IPL because of a rib cage injury, has been included in the squad with the selectors expecting the gangling paceman to be fully fit for the mega event.
Vinay has forced his way into the team on the back of his consistent performance in domestic cricket, claiming 46 wickets in the Ranji Trophy. He has so far captured 202 wickets in 54 first class matches with eight for 32 his best figures.
Gambhir, who is also carrying an injury, has been included in the squad and will partner his Delhi team-mate and vice-captain Virender Sehwag at the top of the order.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has also been named in the squad with the selectors preferring to have a cover for captain Dhoni who has just recovered from an injury.
In the run-up to the selection meeting, several former cricketers wanted Sachin Tendulkar, who has been in red hot form, to be part of the Twenty20 squad, but the champion batsman had made it clear that he had no intentions of playing the shortest format of the game for the country.
The squad has five specialist batsmen in vice-captain Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, two all-rounders in Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja.
Jadeja had been banned from this year's IPL and the all-rounder has appealed against the decision. A verdict on the appeal is expected soon.
Besides Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar were the pacers in the squad.
Zaheer and Harbhajan were making a return after missing India's last Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in December last.
Others who were dropped from the 30-member provisional list announced earlier for the April 30-May 16 mega-event were Sudeep Tyagi, Abhishek Nayar, Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, Manish Pandey, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma
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March 26, 2010, 07:17 AM
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That Praveen Kumar is the key man
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March 26, 2010, 11:02 AM
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Best XI:
Sehwag
Gambhir
Raina
Yuvraj
Dhoni*+
Rohit
Yusuf
Bhajji
Praveen
Zaheer
Ishant
12th Man: Jadeja
Don't think they'll get beyond the S8s. I think Aussies will win it this time.
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March 26, 2010, 11:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Equinox
Best XI:
Sehwag
Gambhir
Raina
Yuvraj
Dhoni*+
Rohit
Yusuf
Bhajji
Praveen
Zaheer
Ishant
12th Man: Jadeja
Don't think they'll get beyond the S8s. I think Aussies will win it this time.
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ishant is not in the team
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March 26, 2010, 11:26 AM
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Aussies will win this time I think. They have been formidable so far.
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March 26, 2010, 12:57 PM
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its india whos going to win this time...i can clearly see pathan destroying bowlers
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March 26, 2010, 02:55 PM
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Bowling is too weak to win WC. Harbhajan needs to rise again
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