TEAM STANDINGS FOR WORLD CUP

TEAM STANDINGS

Group A Team P W L T NR PTS NRR      Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group B Team P W L T NR PTS NRR      Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0      Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fitness aside, India's World Cup squad almost set

Fitness, and not form, seems to be the current refrain with India, who are going to announce their 2011 World Cup squad on Monday. They have taken every precautionary measure to ensure their first-choice players are fit for the tournament: Virender Sehwag, Praveen Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir have all been sent back from South Africa. If they are all fit, or if it is believed they will regain fitness by the time the event starts, this will be a fairly easy selection meeting. Thirteen of the 15 places are sealed, and the debate is likely to centre around the second reserve batsman and the reserve spinner.

If India have everything their way, Tendulkar and Sehwag will be back to open the innings, followed by Gambhir at No.3. The middle order will comprise Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan, with Virat Kohli constantly pushing for a place in the starting XI. Harbhajan Singh will be the first-choice spinner, while the fast-bowler pool will contain the following players: Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel. Only injury should keep any of these 13 out.

That leaves two places - an extra spinner and a middle-order batsman. R Ashwin, despite being the second-best limited-overs spinner in the country, might get overlooked because India already have an offspinner in Harbhajan, and most of their part-timers are offspinners too. That should make Pragyan Ojha the front-runner for the job - he has performed decently whenever he has been given a chance to play limited-overs games - but he seems to be out of favour for some reason. If the squad selected for the one-dayers in South Africa is any indication, expect to see Piyush Chawla in the side, even though he last played an ODI in July 2008.

Rohit Sharma appears to be the most likely candidate to benefit from the loss of form of the other contenders. Dinesh Karthik, who would have been a natural choice because he can double up as a reserve keeper, has played himself out of the team over the last year; M Vijay has run into ordinary form; and Saurabh Tiwary is too inexperienced to pick for a World Cup. Moreover, Rohit - like Raina, Yusuf and Yuvraj - can bowl spin. The lack of options only shows how difficult it will become for India if everybody is not fit.

India are not likely to choose a reserve keeper, but there is a solution to that. Even if they don't have a reserve keeper in the official squad, they can always have one travel with them in case he is needed at short notice. Since India play all but one of their matches in India, arranging a visa will not be an issue either.

Likely squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Piyush Chawla/Pragyan Ojha/R Ashwin

Indian Premier League 2011 / Delhi Daredevils Squad

Indian Premier League, 2011

January 9, 2011

Ajit Agarkar Age: 33 years 36 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Travis Birt Age: 29 years 31 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Ashok Dinda Age: 26 years 290 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast	Aaron Finch Age: 24 years 53 days Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm medium
Robert Frylinck Age: 26 years 104 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	James Hopes Age: 32 years 77 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Colin Ingram Age: 25 years 190 days Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat	Andrew McDonald Age: 29 years 218 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Morne Morkel Age: 26 years 95 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast	Naman Ojha Age: 27 years 173 days Batting: Right-hand bat
Irfan Pathan Age: 26 years 74 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast	Virender Sehwag Age: 32 years 81 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Roelof van der Merwe Age: 26 years 9 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox	Venugopal Rao Age: 28 years 317 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Matthew Wade Age: 23 years 75 days Batting: Left-hand bat	David Warner Age: 24 years 74 days Playing role: Opening batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak
Umesh Yadav Age: 23 years 76 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Indian Premier League 2011 / Deccan Chargers Squad

Indian Premier League, 2011

January 9, 2011

Daniel Christian Age: 27 years 250 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Shikhar Dhawan Age: 25 years 35 days Batting: Left-hand bat
Jean-Paul Duminy Age: 26 years 270 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak	Manpreet Gony Age: 27 years 5 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Michael Lumb Age: 30 years 331 days Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Chris Lynn Age: 20 years 274 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Amit Mishra Age: 28 years 46 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak	Pragyan Ojha Age: 24 years 126 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Kevin Pietersen Age: 30 years 196 days Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak	Kumar Sangakkara wicketkeeper Age: 33 years 74 days Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Ishant Sharma Age: 22 years 129 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Dale Steyn Age: 27 years 196 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast
Rusty Theron Age: 25 years 169 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast	Cameron White Age: 27 years 144 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak googly

Indian Premier League 2011 / Chennai Super Kings Squad

Indian Premier League, 2011

January 9, 2011

MS Dhoni captain Age: 29 years 186 days Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Ravichandran Ashwin Age: 24 years 114 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Subramaniam Badrinath Age: 30 years 132 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak	George Bailey Age: 28 years 124 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Doug Bollinger Age: 29 years 169 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium	Dwayne Bravo Age: 27 years 94 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Faf du Plessis Age: 26 years 180 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak	Ben Hilfenhaus Age: 27 years 300 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Michael Hussey Age: 35 years 227 days Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Joginder Sharma Age: 27 years 78 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Suraj Randiv Age: 25 years 344 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak	Nuwan Kulasekara Age: 28 years 171 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Albie Morkel Age: 29 years 213 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast	Suresh Raina Age: 24 years 43 days Playing role: Batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Wriddhiman Saha wicketkeeper Age: 26 years 77 days Batting: Right-hand bat	Scott Styris Age: 35 years 183 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Sudeep Tyagi Age: 23 years 112 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Murali Vijay Age: 26 years 283 days Playing role: Opening batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak