Anil Kumble (captain),
Rahul Dravid,
SachinTendulkar,
Sourav Ganguly,
V V S Laxman,
Mahendra Singh Dhoni(v/c & wk),
Yuvraj Singh,
Harbhajan Singh,
Zaheer Khan,
Wasim Jaffer,
RP Singh,
S Sreesanth,
Murali Kartik and
Dinesh Karthik
The only problem I have with this squad is the exclusion of Irfan Pathan - who has been bowling well and is most importantly a very decent batsman.
The selectors should have taken a tough decision and dropped Zaheer or RPS in favor of Pathan. The reason I want to retain Sreesanth, is because he is a right-handed bowler - otherwise we will have 3 left hand pacers giving the bowling too much unifromity. Obviously, the selectors could have faced lot of flak if they dropped Zaheer or RPS given their performance in England - but sometimes tough decisions need to be taken by the selection committee.
I don't agree team should be selected on the bases of performance not just becasue of team already has two lefties now include a righty just because of too much of uniformity.
Batting line up looks very decent. Pakistani bowlers need to make extra efforts to get them out twice. Hopefully we'll see some wonderful cricket in upcoming weeks.
no surprises really
good to see shewag not included in the 14
i would have liked to see gambhir open instead of kartik, but kartik has been performing so cant just make changes like those realistically
other than that, maybe ganguly should sit out for yuvi, but thats not going to happen
I am surprised not to see Ghambeer in the side......he moral should be on high as he seems to be doing well against Pak, from T20 final to 3 ODI.......he doesn't seem to have gotten Intimidated by Pakistani players.....all these facts make me waana have him in 11 VS Pak..
on a side note, all the testosterone display has not gotten him a test spot....tsk tsk tsk......what does more he need to do to get selectors attention for a test recall Since 2005
^Yes, Gambhir look like he is nicely settled against the Pak bowling.......as compared to Wasim Jaffer who would probably be facing Shoaib Akhtar & Co for the first time.
^^ i m not keeping up with cricket so i dunnoo about final 11 of india. What do think the final 11 will be based on players announced so far!
As far as Ghambeer...i m pretty sure he will get called for test matches int his series...with his performance and positive attitude, its just matter of time and may be selectors have done the right thing by not giving spot right away so that it gives him motivation to do even better in remaining 2 ODI games!!!!