"der aaye durust aaye" is one of the famous hindi proverbs and after 2 series lost Indian selectors have seen to have woken up with some very good decisions. For starters Raina and Ishant Sharma are dropped from the one day side.. However Suresh Raina got a reprieve for not getting dropped from the T20 side. On the other hand Ishant Sharma wasn't lucky enough to make the cut. Yuvi was selected for the T20 side. :).
The axing of Both Raina and Sharma was on cards. For none were performing well, especially Raina who scored only 1 fifty that too against Zimbabwe. Ishant on the other hand had a decent showing in South Africa to everyone's surprise but in NZ he came back to become the Ishant Sharma we all know..:D. However Rishi Dhawan,Sanju Samson,Kedar Jadhav, Gautham Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh were all ignored. Stuart Binny was given another chance and hence was chosen over Rishi Dhawan who was by far the best all rounder in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy.. No back up keeper was selected which clearly meant that none of Sanju Samson,Dinesh Karthik or Parthiv to that extent were given a chance. Which means in any case if Dhoni gets injured its Rayudu or Rahane who ll keep the wickets.
Pujara finally got a chance in place of Raina and it was a 15 member team so no replacement for Ishant was selected. The teams are as follows
India squad for Asia Cup: MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey
India squad for World Twenty20 MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron
The axing of Both Raina and Sharma was on cards. For none were performing well, especially Raina who scored only 1 fifty that too against Zimbabwe. Ishant on the other hand had a decent showing in South Africa to everyone's surprise but in NZ he came back to become the Ishant Sharma we all know..:D. However Rishi Dhawan,Sanju Samson,Kedar Jadhav, Gautham Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh were all ignored. Stuart Binny was given another chance and hence was chosen over Rishi Dhawan who was by far the best all rounder in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy.. No back up keeper was selected which clearly meant that none of Sanju Samson,Dinesh Karthik or Parthiv to that extent were given a chance. Which means in any case if Dhoni gets injured its Rayudu or Rahane who ll keep the wickets.
Pujara finally got a chance in place of Raina and it was a 15 member team so no replacement for Ishant was selected. The teams are as follows
India squad for Asia Cup: MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey
India squad for World Twenty20 MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron
