The 15 for the ODIs and T20 leg of the Windies tour:
1. Gambhir
2. Patel
3. Kohli
4. Raina
5. Yuvraj
6. Sharma
7. Pathan
8.Ishant
9. Harbhajan
10. Ashvin
11. Munaf
12. Saha
13. Dabrinath Bussumaniam
14. Vinay Kumar
15. Mishraji
16. Praveen Pehelwan
Except a couple of choices or make it 3, the selection looks all rite.
Dabrinath, Rohit Sharma and Saha.
Sharma was ignored for the world cup team. Since the world cup and now, Sharma hasnt played any domestic cricket or international cricket except the IPL. So if selectors have
decided not to keep IPL as benchmark for this team selection, how is Sharma back in the team?
On the similar grounds how come Dabrinath is rejected for World cup and selected for this tour when the only form of cricket he has played is IPL.
And if IPL is the criterion for selection, then why have selectors ignored Rayudu, Rahul Sharma and may be Manoj Tiwary?
And what good has Amit Mishra done between World Cup and now except in IPL?
The positive side of selection is good to see no Vijay and Boss DK in the team, however DK is spurred on having being left out in favor of PP. He has hit 5 sixes out of nowhere in my home town IPL game.
May be a reminder to Cheeka that if somebody gets injured and there is an opening may be I can play. Not as keeper but may be as a batsman.
Aka India's Kamran Akamal.
