Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly not in 2020 WC probables

[zubinpepsi]

Cricinfo staff July 7, 2007 Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have been left out of the 30 probables that India's selectors picked for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in South Africa in September. List of probables Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Sreesanth, Manoj Tiwary, Ajit Agarkar, Karan Goel, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Abhiskek Jhunjhunwala, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rajesh Pawar, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Munaf Patel, Niranjan Behera, Praveen Kumar, Aniruddh Srikkanth, Ramesh Powar, Robin Uthappa, Niraj Patel More to follow ... ---- :whatchutalkingabout

[suma25]

Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly not in 2020 WC probables The probables for twenty twenty worldcup has been announced Tendli dada and The wall are not there as expected ... interesting to see who will be the vc assuming dhoni will be the captain .couple of new names I have not heard of ....praveen kumar niranjan behera.... Dravid, Tendulkar and Ganguly not in probables Cricinfo staff July 7, 2007 Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have been left out of the 30 probables that India's selectors picked for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in South Africa in September. List of probables Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Sreesanth, Manoj Tiwary, Ajit Agarkar, Karan Goel, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Abhiskek Jhunjhunwala, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rajesh Pawar, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Munaf Patel, Niranjan Behera, Praveen Kumar, Aniruddh Srikkanth, Ramesh Powar, Robin Uthappa, Niraj Patel More to follow ...

[suma25]

whoops ..... didnt see there is a thread already on this mods delete this thread if needed

[suma25]

the big three's opting out was expected ....as it was already mentioned in the papers ...... srikkanth's son is there in the squad.....who will be the new vc assuming dhoni is the new captain..couple of unknown faces as well

[zubinpepsi]

i think it ll b dinesh kaarthik or yuvraj..

[zubinpepsi]

CNN_IBN reports that they opted out... --- Sachin, Sourav, Rahul opt out of 20-20; Sehwag, Bhajji back CNN-IBN | Posted Jul 07, 2007 at 11:06 | Updated Jul 07, 2007 at 15:02 Text Size: S- / S+ Comments RSS Email Print Mumbai: The backbone of Indian batting for the past one decade - Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid have opted out of the inaugural Twenty20 cricket World Cup in South Africa, while Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan are included in the list of 30 probables. Sources had earlier confirmed to CNN-IBN that the trio had written a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking that they not be considered for the tournament to be held in South Africa in September. They had apparently told the BCCI that Twenty20 cricket is a young man's game and up and coming younger players should be given a chance. Even, Mohammad Kaif and Suresh Raina have also got the nod from the selection committee while Neeraj Patel (Gujarat), Karan Goel (Punjab), Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (Bengal), Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra), Niranjan Behera (Orissa), Anirudha Srikkanth (Tamil Nadu) and Praveen Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) are some of the youngsters chosen in the list. The final squad for the championship is to be held in South Africa from September 11 to 24 would be selected on August 6 or 7, Cricket Board Secretary Niranjan Shah said. Now, the BCCI will have to find a new captain for this tournament and that battle is likely to come down to between Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

[Gambit]

Not a bad decision. The big three should take it easy and get ready for Pak and Aus series.

[Cricketics]

hope other teams also drop their big players and let it be youngunz vs youngunz contest

[Gambit]

Anyone remember Hong Kong cricket 6s? Heck people like Atul Wassan, Atul Bedade and Salil Ankola made a career out of that!

[Cricketics]

^ and i guess robin singh used to captain the side, and lead India to first ever super sixes tournament victory, defeating windies in final.. last to last year..

[yoda]

tendulkar could have played. ganguly shouldn't be playing even in ODIs. dravid opting out makes sense.

[Holysmoke]

how are these guys going to take on ponting, lee, hussey, hayden, gilly, symo, etc.. i have no hopes for this team....

[jf1gp_1]

ok so finally someone took the right step. this team will do good, we want tonkers and plenty of them in 30 list. Plus young side means better fielding. All we need is an inform Sehwag and Pathan.

[ludhianvi]

I think the trinity would have been very useful in South Africa even for 20/20. Would have given us some stability. Tendulkar is tailor made even for 20/20. So we will be going into the world cup with playing a single 20/20 match. Add to that, the youngsters that will be blooded for this WC. It might be too much pressure for them to handle

[jf1gp_1]

I think the trinity would have been very useful in South Africa even for 20/20.

naah i am glad all 3 opted out. its a 20 over game, before pressure builds the game is over.

[theguyinallblue]

Dravid and sachin told the selectors..even before the meeting started that they would not be available..as Dravid sited the reason of over kill of games..and Sachin..his fitness... Ganguly did not see him..being selected for the team of 30..so chose the more respectable way..and said that he is not available for selection...and youngsters should be given chance...:tounge_smile: anyway....Good news.. for young guns...

[Predator_05]

They left out the ultimate Twenty20 specialist; Dinesh Mongia ?

[King Tendulkar]

yeah no big deal, let the yougsters play

[Guest dada_rocks]

Dravid and sachin told the selectors..even before the meeting started that they would not be available..as Dravid sited the reason of over kill of games..and Sachin..his fitness... Ganguly did not see him..being selected for the team of 30..so chose the more respectable way..and said that he is not available for selection...and youngsters should be given chance...:tounge_smile: anyway....Good news.. for young guns...

U never miss that , do you.. :haha:

[beetle]

Sandeep.....Dravid had a talk with the other two and they discussed it and finally Dravid informed the BCCI. I respect them for this...:adore::adore::adore: