india world cup 2011 squad announced

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india world cup 2011 squad was announced by the selection committee headed by Krishnamachari Srikkanth in chennai.

Leg spinner Piyush Chawla was the surprise inclusion while young batsman Rohit Sharma and speedster S Sreesanth were on Monday dropped from India's 15-member squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup 2011 to be held in the sub-continent from February 19.

Tamil Nadu spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is also a useful batsman, was also named in the squad announced by the BCCI secretary N Srinivasan after a meeting of the selection committee.

india world cup 2011 squad has been a bit surprising because of the fact that it does not include a back up wicket keeper,instead the squad consisted of 3 spinners and one of them (piyush chawla) is a surprise inclusion.

India's major concern ahead of the team selection was the injuries to four key players - Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and pacer Praveen Kumar - but the selectors decided to include them, expecting all four to be fit in time for the high-profile tournament.

Apart from inclusion of Chawla, who last played a ODI match in 2008, there were no major surprises in the squad to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag as his deputy.

The national selectors, who met for one and half hours to finalise the team, picked three specialist spinners considering that the high profile-event will be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The squad has six batsmen, four pacers, three spinners, one all rounder in Yusuf Pathan and a wicket keeper in captain Dhoni.

surprises of india world cup 2011 squad
1.piyush chawla
2.absence of a back up wicket keeper(keeping in mind that MS dhoni has sustained lot of injuries offlate).

upsets of india world cup 2011 squad
1.rohit sharma
2.s.sreesanth
3.ishant sharma
4.parthiv patel

the india world cup 2011 squad

india world cup 2011 squad:batsmen 1-Sachin Tendulkar
india world cup 2011 squad:batsmen 2-Virender Sehwag
india world cup 2011 squad:batsmen 3-Gautam Gambhir
india world cup 2011 squad:batsmen 4-Yuvraj Singh
india world cup 2011 squad:batsmen 5- Suresh Raina
india world cup 2011 squad:batsmen 6- Virat Kohli
india world cup 2011 squad:wicket keeper-Mahendra Singh Dhoni
india world cup 2011 squad:all rounder-Yusuf Pathan
india world cup 2011 squad:spinner 1-Harbhajan Singh
india world cup 2011 squad:spinner 2-R Ashwin
india world cup 2011 squad:spinner 3-Piyush Chawla
india world cup 2011 squad:pacer 1-Zaheer Khan
india world cup 2011 squad:pacer 2-Ashish Nehra
india world cup 2011 squad:pacer 3-Munaf Patel
india world cup 2011 squad:pacer 4-Praveen Kumar

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