My Team for WC 2011

The news flashed on the news channels sometime back that India to announce it's WC squad tomorrow in Chennai....

Before the list could come up, I just want to check my skill of selecting the team for WC-2011.

Out of the 15 berths almost 12 berths are confirmed accrding to me.

1. Sachin
2. Sehwag
3. Gambhir
4. Virat Kohli
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. Suresh Raina
7. MSD
8. Harbhajan
9. Zaheer
10. Nehra
11. Ishanth
12. Yusuf Pathan
13. Pragyan Ojha
14. Munaf
15. Rohit Sharma
Possible surprise entry: Irfan Pathan.

For Opening slot I choose 3 players: Sachin, Sehwag,Gambhir (one of them as a backup also all of them are brilliant in any slot if needed)

Kohli will be at No.3 based on his recent phenominal performances. He is probably the best No.3 for any country at the moment.

Yuvi followed by Raina and MSD makes it a good sequence.

Until now we have 7 speialist batsman in the team.

I feel adding Rohith Sarma to the squad makes it a Plus in both ways. He is a good batsman and can share the attack as a 5th bowler. For the same reason, I want to add Yusuf Pathan too.

On a sub-continent conditions, if we need a specialist spinning capability to share the attack with Harbhajan, We have 2 options. Piyush Shawla and Ojha but I recommend Pragyan Ojha based on his spinning capabilities and the exposure in the international arena.

The seemers slots are a bit tricky. As of now we have 5 contenders for 4 slots.

Zaheer, whose palce is un questioned. Next comes is Nehra. He has done well with the new ball in the recent past and so can never be ignored.

Ishanth and Sreeshath. To share the new ball attack with Zaheer, Ishanth or Munaf is best compared to Sreeshanth. We are definetely lacking and could not find a fast bowling alrounder for INDIA after Kapil Dev. There can be a surprise entry for Irfan Pathan.

Let me check how good I am as a selector tomorrow.