Joginder, Sreesanth surprise absentees in T20 WC probables

New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Pacers Joginder Sharma, who
starred in the 2007 World Twenty20 Championships, and S
Sreesanth were left out of the 30 probables announced by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Saturday for the
second edition of the prestigious event to be held in England
in June.

Piyush Chawla and Ajit Agarkar were the other prominent
names which did not figure among the probables, otherwise
comprising members of the inaugural World Cup winning Indian
squad.

While Sreesanth, who is nursing an ankle injury and was
suppose to be fit before the T20 World Cup, no reason was
known for omission of Sharma, Chawla and Agarkar.

BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan refused to comment on the
omission of the players who played in the last edition of the
tournament.

"The Board cannot comment on player selection. It is a
matter concerning the selectors not us," he told PTI.

Batsman Robin Uthappa return to national fold after
around an eight-month lay off even as senior pros Sachin
Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman continued to remain out
of the Twenty20 scheme of things.

The list will be pruned to half before a final squad is
named.

Probables: Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Kaarthick, Gautam
Gambhir, M Vijay, M S Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, S
Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Virat
Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Wriddhiman
Saha, Zaheer Khan, Abhishek Nayar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra,
Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, R P Singh, Pragyan
Ojha, L Balaji, Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen
Kumar, Naman Ojha. PTI SKI
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