| What are the integrands to win a world cup? No | | | | recently concluded IPL tournament, he's one pillar |
| trainer can list the whole thing with exactness but a | | | | every opposition much dislodge as he plays spinner |
| good all round team, combine of youth plus | | | | very well in middle over! |
| experience and memories of previous success can | | | | Rohit Sharma: Age = 22 years, total T20 games |
| surely help. | | | | played = 8, runs = 107, highest score = 50*, strike |
| India is the defending champions of Twenty20 World | | | | rate = 122.98, skills = right handed middle order |
| cup and their present squad contains 10 out of 15 | | | | batsman who generally takes his time to get set but |
| players who were part of that exceptional victory | | | | can hit big sixes when needed. Rohit is also a useful |
| couple of year ago. Not only that, Indian Premier | | | | off-spinner and a very good fielder. |
| League (IPL), which is also a T20 competition, | | | | Ravindra Jadeja : Age = 20 years, total T20 games |
| completed just a week ago where all of these 15 | | | | played = 2, skills = left handed middle order batsman, |
| Indian cricketers toned up their skills to the | | | | left arm orthodox bowler and a good fielder. Jadeja is |
| maximum.. The only minus point can be burn out. | | | | a whole hearted cricketer with good work ethics and |
| None of these cricketers have had enough rest | | | | he's seen as next best thing in Indian cricket. |
| coming into this second T20 world cup in England and | | | | Yusuf Pathan : Age = 26 years, total T20 games |
| quite a few of them will be playing under shivering | | | | played = 4, strike rate = 203.57, skills = right handed |
| cold English condition for the first time in their life! | | | | batsman who is one of the hardest hitter of cricket |
| Who are 15 cricketers selected to represent India? | | | | ball in current International cricket. Although not a |
| Here’s a brief introduction:- | | | | very good player of swinging ball, Pathan can kill any |
| MS Dhoni : Age = 28 years, captain, total T20 games | | | | attack anytime if they don't trick him out. Yusuf also |
| played = 13, runs = 215, highest score = 45, strike | | | | bowls tight off-spin when required. |
| rate = 103.86, skills = wicket keeper, hard hitting right | | | | Irfan Pathan : Age = 24 years, total T20 games |
| handed batsman (who plays according to situation) | | | | played = 13, runs = 120, highest score = 33*, strike |
| and one of the best leaders of a cricket team in his | | | | rate = 120.00, wickets = 15, economy = 7.81, skills = |
| generation. India won inaugural T20 World cup under | | | | left arm all rounder who can swing new ball like |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captainship and man from | | | | banana, specially in helpful conditions and also a hard |
| Jharkhand will be leading similar squad to defend the | | | | hitting lower order batsman. Since this T20 world cup |
| title. | | | | will be played in England's early season, new white ball |
| Yuvraj Singh : Age = 27 years, total T20 games | | | | is expected to swing and hence, Irfan becomes a |
| played = 10, runs = 262, highest score = 70, strike | | | | trump card for Indian side. |
| rate = 164.77, skills = left handed batsman who is | | | | Harbhajan Singh: Age = 29 years, total T20 games |
| one of only 4 batters to hit 6 sixes in an over. | | | | played = 12, wickets = 11, economy = 6.55, skills = |
| Yuvraj has also developed his left arm orthodox | | | | an off-spinner at peak of his game. Harbhjan has |
| bowling in recent times which made him pick not one | | | | been playing International cricket for over a decade |
| but two hat-tricks for Kings XI Punjab in IPL | | | | now and understands his plus and minus points. his |
| tournament just 2 weeks ago! | | | | control over line & length and Yorkers are very |
| Virendra Sehwag : Age = 30 years, total T20 games | | | | hard to hit! |
| played = 12, runs = 223, highest score = 68, strike | | | | Pragyan Ojha : Age = 23 years, total T20 games |
| rate = 144.80, skills = right handed opening batsman, | | | | played = none, skills = left arm spinner who may not |
| ideally suited to utilize 6 power play over at the | | | | have played a single International T20 games as yet, |
| beginning of every innings. Sehwag also bowls some | | | | but has performed very well in his 30+ IPL twenty20 |
| off-spin but hasn't been in form of late. | | | | tournament. Ojha is also an acrobatic fielder. |
| Suresh Riana: Age = 22 years, total T20 games | | | | Zaheer Khan : Age = 30 years, total T20 games |
| played = 4, runs = 99, highest score = 61*, strike | | | | played = 4, wickets = 4, economy = 6.18, skills = left |
| rate = 126.92, skills = left handed number 3 batsman | | | | arm medium pace bowler who is spearhead of Indian |
| who has been in fine form of late. Riana, an | | | | bowling for last couple of years. Zaheer is the oldest |
| exceptional fielder, is one of the best young batsmen | | | | cricketer in this India's squad for T20 world cup 2009, |
| to have come from India in recent time as he can | | | | not a very agile fielder but he has earned his place |
| mix aggression with caution with perfection. Riana | | | | cause of good record in swinging English conditions. |
| also bowls tight off-spin in limited over cricket. | | | | Ishant Sharma : Age = 21 years, total T20 games |
| Gautam Gambhir: Age = 27 years, total T20 games | | | | played = 4, wickets = 2, economy = 9.00, skills = |
| played = 12, runs = 328, highest score = 75, strike | | | | right handed fast bowler capable of generating speed |
| rate = 126.64, skills = left handed opener who was | | | | of over 145kmph regularly. Ishant, 6 feet 6 inches |
| prolific scorer in inaugural T20 world cup that India | | | | tall, has a specialty to out swing the ball at good |
| won. Although Gambhir didn't score too heavily in | | | | pace and he also has good control over his Yorkers. |