Allrounders Stuart Binny and Akshar Patel have been
included in India's squad for the 2015 World Cup. There were no major surprises
among the 15 players in terms of either inclusions or exclusions after the
selectors met in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon to pick the team.
The squad has five batsmen, two
wicketkeeper-batsmen, three allrounders - two left-arm spinners, one
medium-pacer - four seamers and one specialist spinner. In addition to the 15
selected for the World Cup, seamers Mohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni were
chosen to travel to Australia for the one-day tri-series that follows the
Tests.
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Jadeja has been included despite leaving the tour of Australia with a shoulder
injury, and Ishant Sharma, also selected, has a problem with his knee.
"Jadeja
is at present going under a rehabilitation programme. He is doing wonderfully
well," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said. "We had a detailed
discussion today with the BCCI physio [Nitin Patel] and we are quite hopeful he
will be match-fit within the next ten days.
"Ishant has a temporary
injury with which he is doing well. But he has been advised by our present
[team] physio not to play the current Test [in Sydney]. He will be fit for the
tri-series."
When asked if Yuvraj Singh -
who was not among the 30 probables for the World Cup - had been discussed at
the meeting, Patel said: "Not only Yuvraj Singh, a lot of other players
were also discussed apart from the 30, and after a lot of deliberation [the
team was finalised] in the presence of all the five selectors as well as
captain MS Dhoni and coach Duncan Fletcher, who were there on conference
call."
India's Squad
Batsmen : Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma,
Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina
Wicket Keepers : MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ambati Rayudu
Allrounders : Ravindra Jadeja, Stuart Binny, Akshar Patel
Bowlers: R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
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