Yuvraj Singh named in T20 World Cup probables list

New Delhi: Ace Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh, who is training at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bangalore after recovering from a rare germ cell cancer received a big boost to his comeback after he was named in India's 30-member list of probables for the World Twenty20 Championships in Sri Lanka.

Yuvraj’s name appearing on the list does not come as a surprise as the Indian selectors already made it clear that the 2011 World Cup player of the tournament is in their scheme of things for the T20 World Cup with chief selector Krisnamachari Srikkanth saying, “I think a guy who has won the World Cup for us deserves to come back.”

Veteran off spinner Harbhajan Singh who has been out of action for quite some time now due to poor form has also been included in the team.

But then the most surprising name that appears on the list is that of Laxmipathy Balaji who has not played donned Indian colors for relatively long period of time. He last played an ODI in 2009 against Sri Lanka.

Based on their good run in the IPL, Mandeep Singh and Ambati Rayudu’s name also features in the list announced by the BCCI.

The rest of the squad features players who have been in and out of the team on a rotational basis.

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan even though had a bad outing in West Indies with the India A squad, has also been included.

The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Dinda, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Mandeep Singh, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Naman Ojha, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, L Balaji.