Indian Squad for ICC World Cup 2011

This article give you the details about the final list of players of Team India who has been selected for the ICC World Cup 2011.

Indian Team for ICC World Cup 2011

Indian Cricket Team members for the coming ICC World Cup 2011 was decided by the BCCI on 17th January 2011 by the selection committee meeting in Chennai. Team India consists of 15 members including Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain. The team is designed so that Team India is strong in batting as well bowling section. The selection committee opted for 7 specialist batsman, one all rounder and 7 bowlers including four pacers and three specialist spinners. But the most astonishing and disappointing news for the cricket fans is the outlisting of their favourite cricketers like S Sreesanth, Rohit Sharma and Pragyan Ohja.

The Indian cricket team for the ICC World Cup 2011 is mixture of energetic young cricketers and veteran classic players of world cricket. The batting side is rocky strong led by Sachin Tendulkar in the top position. Each and every cricket fans of India as well the world is eagerly waiting to see the performance of their favourite cricketer in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, The Little Master. The other seven batsmen are Virendra Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Gautham Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli. The all rounder post goes to Yusuf Pathan who is in great form these days. The bowling department of Team India is led by Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. The other bowlers selected are Munaf patel, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, R Ashwain and Piyush Chawla.

Gary Kirsten- Indian Cricket Team Coach- ICC World Cup 2011

Indian Team coach for the ICC World Cup 2011 is none other than the great Gary Kirsten from South Africa. He was a great support for the Indian Team as a coach and he was one of the man behind the success of Team India in recent periods. He was joined as a coach of Team India on 1st March 2008. It was after that point of time; Team India has shown such a great performance under the coaching of Gary Kirsten. He always used to give confidence to his players to play their natural game and also helped them to improve their playing techniques. Team India is hoping for the best from Gary Kirsten as a coach in the ICC World Cup 2011.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni- Captain- Team India- ICC World Cup 2011

Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Date of birth: 7th July 1981
Batting Style: Right hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Righ Hand medium pace
Speciality: Captain of Team India, Wicket Keeper

The Skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni retained his post as the captain of Team India for the ICC World Cup 2011. The team selectors and the Indian cricket fans are hoping that Team India will be safe in his hands and he once again brings the cup for India. Dhoni is extra ordinary as a captain as well a dangerous and sensible batsman. M S Dhoni is the best ODI batsman in the present world based on ICC cricket rankings. That itself shows his caliber as a batsman. He is an entertaining cricketer who can smash boundaries all over the ground. He will also be the man behind the stumps for Team India.

Team India- ICC World Cup 2011 Squad

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth: 24th April 1973
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm, leg spin

Sachin Tendulkar, knows as the God of the cricket religion is the key player for Team India for ICC World Cup 2011. Every eye of cricket fans all over the world is roaming around their favourite player and are very anxious to know that whether he do the job once again for India. He will be the opening batsman for Team India for ICC World Cup 2011 along with Virendar Sehwag or Gautham Gambhir. Sachin is now in his career best as always and Team India is expecting the same from him.

Virendar Sehwag- Vice Captain- Team India- ICC World Cup 2011

Full Name: Virender Sehwag
Date of Birth: 20th October 1978
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Spin Bowler

Virender Sehwag will be the vice captain of Team India during ICC World Cup 2011. He will be one among the openers in the Indian side. He is a dangerous batsman who can smash any bowler and is able to give a thundering start to India. He is not in a good touch these days and may be due to his injury. India is hoping for his best performance in the ICC World Cup 2011.

Gautham Gambhir

Full Name: Gautham Gambhir
Date of Birth: 20th October 1978
Batting Style: Left Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Not Applicable

Gautham Ghambir is a typical left hand batsman in the Indian Squad. He was always a useful batsman in the top order who can hold his wicket for a long time and irritate the opposition. His position will be one down and that is always carried by specialist batsman. He can also be promoted as an opener in the absence of Sachin or Sehwag. Gautham Gambhir is also a wonderful player of spin bowling who can use his feets well and can get to the pitch of the ball very fast. He was also a good player in his back foot. He have had some good tournaments recently and is in a good touch.

Yuvraj Singh

Full Name: Yuvraj Singh
Date of Birth: 12th December 1981
Batting Style: Left Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Left arm spin

Yuvraj Singh is not in a good knock these days, but he can be very dangerous when he gets going. He is a match winner for Team India who can take control of the whole match with in ten-fifteen minutes. He is an astonishing batsman who is having a good strike rate and got the ability to score quick runs. He is also a useful bowler who takes wicket in regular intervals and can be used as a fifth bowler or a part time spinner. Yuvraj Singh is a very needed all rounder for Team India.

Suresh Raina

Full Name: Suraeh Raina
Date of Birth: 26th November 1986.
Batting Style: Left Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right arm spin

Suresh Raina is one of the young and energetic cricket talents of team India. He is a fantastic batsman of his age and an excellent fielder. He is the best suited batsman for the short format of the game like ODI Cricket. He is been in a wonderful form these days and this itself made his permanent berth in the Indian squad for ICC World Cup 2011. He himself proved as an unavoidable member in the Indian cricket team. He is also the best fielder in the squad who can dive anywhere for the ball. He is also a clever bowler and can be used as a part time spinner for the time sake.

Virat Kohli

Full Name: Virat Kohli
Date of Birth: 5th Noweber 1986.
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Spin Bowler

Virat Kohli, once again a young face in Team India. Virat is showing so much maturity as a batsman in his younger age itself and he is playing a sensible cricket according to the situation. He also have a stunning batting averages in the ODI's more than 45. It will be very hard for the opposition if he gets in and spent some time. He is also a smart and challenging cricketer. He just amazed the selectors with his class performance. He is also a great fielder in the Indian side along with Suresh Raina.

Yusuf Pathan

Full Name: Yusuf Patahan
Date of Birth: 17th November 1982
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Spin Bowler

Yusuf Pathan is the only perfect all rounder in the Indian Squad. He is a smashing batsman as well as a good off spin bowler. Yusuf Pathan as a batsman is very dangerous during the depth overs who can smash the ball all over the park. He is also a match winner for India. Yusuf Pathan is also excellent as a bowler who can take regular wickets. His bowling figures was outstanding in recent days and he is continuing so. He will be a real asset for the Indian Team.

Zaheer Khan

Full Name: Zaheer Khan
Date of Birth: 20th October in 1980
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Left Arm Pace Bowler

Zaheer Khan leads the bowling section of Team India. He is one of the best bowler in the present world and he is in best form. He is doing excellent with his late reverse swing and the balls coming in to the batsman. This is a rare tactic from a bowler in the modern world and that itself make Zaheer the best bowler in the side. His performance in the Australlian, Newzealand and South African tournament was very impressive and India hoping the same from him in future especially in ICC World Cup 2011.

Harbhajan Singh

Full Name: Harbhajn Singh
Date of Birth: 20th October 1978
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Spin Bowler

Harbhajan Singh, popularly known as Bahji has confirmed his birth in the ICC World Cup 2011 and he is the leading bowler in the spin department of Team India. This is a good chance for the bowlers like Harbhajan to show his caliber in his favourites pitches of India which suits for spin bowling. There also a saying that the ICC World Cup 2011 belongs to batsmen and spinners and its is a great opportunity for Harbhajan to make use of it. Harbhajan is also growing as a batsman recently with his back to back hundreds against the New Zealand. He is certainly an unavoidable element in Indian squad.

S Sreeshanth

Name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Birth: February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Kings XI Punjab, Kerala, Warwickshire
Sreesanth is the only Kerala bowler who has taken a Ranji Trophy hat Trick. His performance in Challenger Trophy in 2005 gave his path to be a member of the India Cricket Team for the Srilankan Series. He played his first ODI match against Srilanka at Nagpur on October 25th 2005. He had been a expensive bowler in ODI cricketing, but he has also taken wickets along with it. His performance in South Africa was appreciable. But his aggressive nature in the field was not appreciated by BCCI and he was warned once.

Ashish Nehra

Full Name: Ashish Nehra
Date of Birth: 29th April 1979
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Left Arm Spin Bowler

Ashish Nehra is another guy who is supporting Zaheer Khan in ICC World Cup 2011. We can say that, he is a World Cup specialist bowler who always done good whenever he got a chance to play the world cup. His best performance for six wickets was also during the world cup. He is also in good form nowadays and doing well in South Africa tour. Team India believes that the presence of ashish Nehra will be a great support to the side.

Munaf Patel

Full Name: Munaf Patel
Date of Birth: 20th October 1978
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm medium pace Bowler

Munaf patel is a determined bowler who always balls from wicket to wicket. He is pretty good with his line and length. He is a cricketer who performs well when ever he gats an opportunity. He presence will be good for M S Dhoni and he can be used as a run rate reducer during the middle overs since he is bowling in such a good line and length.

Piyush Chawla

Full Name: Piyush Chawla
Date of Birth: 24th Becember 1988
Batting Style: Left Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Spin Bowler

This will be golden opportunity for Piyush Chawla to contribute to his best for the nation. This will be his first world cup for India and will be lucky to have in India since Indian pitches are very suitable for spin bowling. He concentrates on leg spin and India is looking for another Anil Kumble in him.

R Ashwin

Full Name: Ravichandra Aswin
Date of Birth: 17th September 1986
Batting Style: Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style: Right Arm Spin Bowler

He is a very good spinner bowler from Tamilnadu. He got less chance to contribute for India. This is the real and ideal time to show his caliber as a cricket player. He used to play for Chennai Super Kings for the last season for IPL and his performance was marvelous. The selectors are giving him a great opportunity to paly his part well.