An emotional Yuvraj Singh and Sachin Tendulkar hug after India won the 2011 edition of the World Cup. (File photo)
With the selection of the 15-man squad for the World Cup 2015 just a couple of hours away, all the focus is on Yuvraj Singh. Will BCCI give him a late call-up?
Former India skipper and NDTV expert Sunil Gavaskar kept emotions aside and omitted Yuvraj Singh from his 15-man squad for the World Cup 2015, starting on February 14. (Read Gavaskar's list of 15 )
Yuvraj, who last played an ODI for India in December 2013, has 8329 runs in 293 ODIs at an average of 36.37 with 13 centuries and 51 fifties to his name. Yuvraj was man of the tournament in India World Cup 2011 triumph, scoring 362 runs and picking up 15 wickets.
Yuvraj recently scored three back-to-back centuries in the domestic circuit and even though he did not feature in the 30-man probables list, there are speculations doing the rounds that he could still be picked for the World Cup.
India will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who recently retired from Test cricket. He will be eager to defend his crown. The top order is expected to picked from the list of Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Among the bowlers, the spin troika of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel are strong contenders. In the pace department, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami are expected to lead the line with the likes of Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Mohit Sharma fighting it out for the rest of the spots. Allrounders Stuart Binny and Dhawal Kulkarni could also be in the fray.
Yuvraj Singh's ODI career so far in numbers:
Statistics of Yuvraj Singh's ODI career so far.
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