There were a couple of regular names missing from the 2010 Asia Cup Indian squad announced and both caused a bit of a surprise.
While Sachin Tendulkar was reported to being rested, Yuvraj Singh was the biggest name dropped from the Indian team, the reins of which once again are held in the hands of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Asia Cup's Captain of India
Those missing from the Zimbabwe ODI tri series return back into the team, all except Yuvraj Singh. R. Ashwin gets a chance and Pragyan Ojha is also a stand out name, although much deserved. The most notable addition is Saurabh Tiwary, adding pressure to Ravindra Jadeja amongst the young guns. Virender Sehwag returns to the Indian team to partner Gautam Gambhir as neither Murali ijay or Dinesh Karthik find place in the team. Rohit Sharma’s centuries in Zimbabwe have saved him the debacle of Yuvraj Singh. Also missing was Yusuf Pathan who failed to impress upon the selectors sufficiently to retain his place.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth told reporters while making the list public, “A lot of stress was given on the fitness of the players. Fitness and fielding are very important. We have gone through the record of last one year and put lot of stress on it. In recent past, we lost some matches or struggled in some matches because of poor fielding. We put stress on consistent performances. A lot of players have done consistently well and apart from the seniors, we have blooded some youngsters as well so that they know what international cricket is all about.”
India’s squad for 2010 Asia Cup:-
MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda, R Ashwin, Saurabh Tiwary
0 comments:
Post a Comment