The final IPL squads for the third season have been announced, with the usual blend of foreign players and stars of the Indian domestic circuit.A whole bunch of form ICL players have been included this year, driving up the percentage of local players. None of them will be known by many outside India.The biggest omission is that of Rajasthan star Ravindra Jadeja, whom Shane Warne famously nicknamed...
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the ICC World Twenty20 - which starts in Guyana at the end of this month - is a boring old afterthought to the IPL, considering the relative marketing strengths of the two.The ICC might not have the depth of pocket the IPL does, but it does crown a world champion. I see the IPL as the appetizer, rather than the World T20 as dessert.Mmmm... dessert...The IC...
After my previous post of the Top-30 players for the Indian team (World Cup), I received an email from hemnath janakiraman on his teams for all the 3 versions - tests, ODIs and T20. I have represented the same below in a tabular fashion.PlayersTest TeamODI teamT20 teamVirender SehwagYesYesYesGautam GambhirYesYesYesYusuf PathanYesYesYesSachin TendulkarYesYesVVS LaxmanYesSuresh RainaYesYesYesMS Dhon...
The Indian selectors announced the Team India list of 30 probables for the T20 World Championship. The final squad of 15 will be announced on June 5, just 10 days after the IPL concludes.
The probables list is:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, [...]...