World Cup 2015 Team India Selection

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World Cup 2015 Team India Selection

BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said Ravindra Jadeja is undergoing rehabilitation and should be fit in 10 days. He also mentioned that Yuvraj Singh's name was discussed in the meeting along with several other players.

- BCCI have added Mohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni to the 15 mentioned earlier for the upcoming tri-series involving England and Australia.



- Indian team for World Cup: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Binny, Umesh Yadav.


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The baffling case of Stuart Binny's selection

The baffling case of Stuart Binny's selection

The 'allrounder' got a ticket on the World Cup bus yesterday. Abhishek Jha points out why this selection is biased in more than one way


Before we go to meritocracy, the first question which is baffling everyone is conflict of interest.

Stuart Binny is the son of Roger Binny who is best known for his performance in the 1983 World Cup. He was the highest wicket taker in that tournament. The former medium pacer is now one of the five wise men who decide who gets a plane ticket to Australia and who doesn’t.

It is well known that in BCCI’s dictionary, conflict of interest doesn’t find a mention. Otherwise the whole N Srinivasan and IPL saga would be far less complicated. But that is for another time. In case of Binny selecting Binny, a father has selected a debatable player in a World Cup squad. There should be an uproar even if MS Dhoni’s father was on the selection panel, leave aside this case. How are such things allowed is beyond comprehension. That the BCCI now claims that Roger Binny did not participate in the discussion when his son’s name was being considered does not do much to assure fans of the impartiality of the process.

Now let’s get down to meritocracy.

To make the argument simple, let us assume that the other 14 are non-controversial picks, which in a broad stroke they are.

So who are the contenders for the 15[SUP]th[/SUP] spot? Reports says MS Dhoni, who attended the selection meet via a teleconference, wanted a specialist batsman or a bowler. His request was shot down. The squad has Shikar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma as openers. Dhawan is out of form and Ajinkya Rahane though has opened in IPL, will be better off in the middle order. Also opening the innings is a specialist’s job. Murali Vijay has been in very good form in the ongoing tour of Australia. One has to admit that the opener from Tamil Nadu has got a raw deal.

The other cricketers who have the right to grumble are Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa.

Support for Yuvraj Singh is natural. The flamboyant southpaw was one of the key performers in the last World Cup. He is a proven match winner with the bat and can also roll his arm over. His form in the domestic season this time has been mixed. He started poorly but has hit back to back three centuries in his last three outings.


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