Indian Squad For 20-20 World Cup in England..

[gothic_coder]

An expected indian squad has been announced today for upcoming 20-20 World cup...R.P.Singh included in squad but this time there's no place for Dinesh Karthik and Munaf Patel....

Fast bowler RP Singh has been included in India's 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 in England in June. Reserve wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and fast bowler Munaf Patel have been axed from the 16-member squad that played two Twenty20 internationals in New Zealand in February.

There were no surprises in the squad which was more or less was finalised after the national selectors held a preliminary meeting in Cape Town on April 24, in the presence of N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary.

RP has been one of the IPL's most successful bowlers, taking 12 wickets in six games for the Deccan Chargers at an average of 11.33 and economy rate of 6.27 runs per over.

The selectors did not pick Mumbai Indians allrounder Abhishek Nayar who has also been impressive during the IPL. Nayar, who bowls medium pace and is a powerful hitter in the middle-order, has scored 102 runs in six innings this season at a strike-rate of 143. He has also taken four wickets and conceded only 5.90 runs per over. Karthik has also been in good form for Delhi Daredevils but couldn't find a spot as the selectors decided a reserve wicketkeeper was not necessary for the two-week tournament in England.

Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

Source:Cricinfo

[kirankumargb]

ya its the expected sqad itself.... hope this time also the WC should come to India

[aashaka_gandhi]

by the look of it....our squad looks pretty strong.........

[meetdilip]

Last time they sent the most inexperienced team and India won. This team is the available, so this time.........

[gothic_coder]

Last time they sent the most inexperienced team and India won. This team is the available, so this time.........

so this time.........we'll win comfortably...Last time we had some hiccups

[Raghav_K]

Any indian team without sachin looks weak to me lol

[kirankumargb]

Any indian team without sachin looks weak to me lol

Thats very optimistic...!

[Raghav_K]

^ yeh i know :P

[saurav_k]

very good squad. one leg spinner should also have been included looking at the success of spinners in this IPL. piyush chawla / amit mishra.

anyways, very strong team. i am very happy that munaf patel is not in the team. i just hope that viru and gauti hit form soon.