MUMBAI: Middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane was the lone uncapped cricketer in India's 30-member preliminary squad for next year's World Cup, the Indian cricketboard announced on Saturday.
The squad contains four wicketkeepers including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Right-hander Rahane, 22, was rewarded for scoring consistently in the domestic season.
Selecton committee chairman Kris Srikkanth said the squad was devoid of any surprise inclusion or omission.
"This is a probables team and everyone selects himself," he told reporters. "The World Cup is happening in the subcontinent and I am confident that the team will do well."
India squad
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Virender Sehwag
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Gautam Gambhir
- Virat Kohli
- Yuvraj Singh
- Suresh Raina
- Harbhajan Singh
- Zaheer Khan
- Ashish Nehra
- Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
- Munaf Patel
- Ishant Sharma
- Vinay Kumar
- Murali Vijay
- Rohit Sharma
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Saurabh Tiwary
- Yusuf Pathan
- Parthiv Patel
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Dinesh Karthik
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Amit Mishra
- Piyush Chawla
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Pragyan Ojha
- Praveen Kumar
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