Are you SATISFIED with the Indian World cup squad???, I am not.......

India
January 17, 2011 7:43am CST
The 15 member Indian WC squad announced today. The squad is MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin Iam surprised about few selection in the squad. There was no need of 3 spinners in the squad. And the selected spinners made me surprise. Why Chawla & Ashwin ?? Ojha should be the 2nd spinner. Atleast he should have given chance if there are 3 spinners in the squad. Patan,Sehwag,Raina,Yuvaraj can bowl spin,especially in Indian pitches. [b]Chawla played his last ODI in july 2008 against Pakistan. And now after 2 and half year he have been selected to the WC squad directly! What is the Logic behind this???? BRIBE????[/b] And a wicket keeper batsmen would have been a better choice in place of 3rd spinner. Partiv or Karthik.but there is no place for them . This is not the BEST squad India can have. Share your views.......
7 responses
@sajujohn (1005)
• India
18 Jan 11
Definitely not satisfied with Indian Cricket squad for the world cup.What the selectors have done?Yesterday Dhoni declared that the selection to the team will be only based on the performance and not on the recent oerformances.But then why Nehra is there in the team.I think Sreesanth would be a better choice for the team.In the last one year Sreesanth took 13 wickets from 5 matches with an average of 29.43,while Nehra claimed only 21 wickets from 17 matches with an average of 44.76.My next question is why there is only one wicket keeper in the team.If during the worldcup Dhoni gets injured what the Indian team is going to do? Surely I have to say tat there big big disagreement for the world cup squad that has been selected.
• India
21 Jan 11
Do you remember when dhoni got injured last time ? He always keeps himself fit , he is a fighter man .. have you ever seen Dhoni walking out of the field when he gets injured while keeping wickets?.. Why you people are so afraid of injuries .. Suppose if the other wicket keeper gets injured then what ?
@tarak444 (48)
• India
18 Jan 11
I am also satisfied this world cup squad selection,because india,srilanka pitches have suported spin bowling but selection of three spinners and only one wicket keeper is not supportive because sehwag ,yuvraj,pathan, raina,sachin can also used as a part time bowlers.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
17 Jan 11
Hi ramaswami, There is nothing new in this supposedly World Cup winning team. Why Ojha has not been put in the list is surprising. If they argue over his batting ability even Aswin is not so good. One should have seen the prospect of wicket taking spinner. About Harbhajan, when he is on the ego he goes well and when starts struggling he is not sure of picking up a couple of wickets. I am too not that much satisfied with the selection.
• India
17 Jan 11
I am satisfied with the squad except the inclusion of Piyush Chawla .. I dont know whats the reason behind it but i think its the foolish selection ever made by a selector .. instead of him Rohit or Karthick or Uthappa would have been a better choice , even if they doesnt find a place in playing eleven atleast they would have contributed as a substitute fielder .. Clearly the worst selection ever made.. I hopw even the other squad members will be shocked to see piyush in squad .. These selectors doesnt even thought about this simple logic .. why these people selected Rohit for all the latest series ... piyush who last played his ODI back in 2008 was not even picked against Zimbabwe last year.. Bad luck for Rohit .. I think even if he( Rohit ) doesnt fit in team he clearly deserves a place to be in squad.. Big Bribe behind Piyush's Selection ... Lot of questions is going to be raised against his decison for sure .. God Save Team India.. Hope Dhoni uses him only to supply water bottles and other materials to the players in Field rather than playing in team ...
@akp100 (13640)
• India
17 Jan 11
well I am okay with batting department but in bowling department its little surprise.. Yes ojha should have been taken as a next choice in spinner.. I was also expecting Sreeshant after his good performance in SA's test series( i don't know whether he is injured or not ) ... But hoping for the best.. Hope India will do well in WC.
17 Jan 11
I believe this squad is pretty much satisfied by the Indian audiance. I also believe that this could have been more better if they would allow Robin Utthappa in the WC squad. The setup is pretty descent to me. I have doubt on Sachin, about his injury he had during the T20 against South Africa. If he gets through the world cup easily then there are almost 95% of chances for India to win World Cup.
• India
17 Jan 11
I am satisfied with the squad.But I feel it could had been much more better if they had given a chance to the talented and most neglected player of former R.C.B team Mr Robin Uthappa.He can also be used as second wicket keeper option.Anyway I think India is short of 1 more batsmen.Good choice over selection of more number of spinners on Indian flat tracks.But yeah selection of Piyush is still is questionable.Overall good selection.Hope the players live upto our expectations.