Bangalore Boy Vinay Kumar Finds Place in India's T20 WC Team


Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Bangalore pacer Ranganath Vinay Kumar was the lone new face in the 15-member squad announced by the cricket selectors Friday for the Twenty20 World Cup.

Chief selector K. Srikkanth and his colleagues decided to go ahead with Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra, who were injured while playing for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli failed to find a place in the team.

Vinay Kumar was finally rewarded for his consistent performance in the domestic circuit, especially with Bangalore Royal Challengers. Vinay Kumar is the joint second highest wicket-taker in the IPL with eight scalps.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla also found a place while selectors preferred the experience of Rohit Sharma to strengthen the middle order.

Team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, R. Vinay Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Piyush Chawla

  

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  • Fedrod Daril Dsouza, Coondapur/Bangalore

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Congrats and All the best Vinay Kumar....

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  • Iqbal, Mulki/Jeddah

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Congrats to Vinay kumar & all the best to T20 team. Omission like Uttapa/M. pandey is a surprise looking their present form. These guys will be Good ion in place of few prominent out of form
    players.

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  • pradeep dsouza, mangalore

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Wish all the best Davanagare express

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  • Gokuldas, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Congrats Vinay..But overall a very poor selection full of out of form and injured players...Instead of giving chance to young and fearless players like Manish Pandey, Uthappa, Tiwari, Irfan Pathan, they selected players lacking confidence like Dinesh Karthik, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja etc Will be a great achievement if we qualify for 2nd round..Even if one batsman is injured, im sure Srikanth would either Badrinath and M Vijay as replacements..

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  • UDAYA SHETTY, KATEEL

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    CONGRATULATION VINAY. INDIAN CRICKET HERO GREAT OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO YOU, DON'T MISUSE THIS CHANCE.

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  • Harold D'cunha, Mangalore, India

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Congrats to Vinay and good luck. Very sad to hear the omission of Robin Uttappa inpite of his fantastic performance in IPL T20 match. There is more than performacne to get ion to the team as more than 4 players who has been ed are either failed in fitness or out of form.

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  • Peter, Brahmavar/Sharjah

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Vinay Kumar desereved it. But ors done un justice to Indian cricket without ing Manish Pandey, Uttappa & Virat Kohli.

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  • Clitus Tauro, Mumbai Doha Qatar

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Congrats Vinay.....If you see current IPL, the ors should have given chance to class master blaster...Sachin Tendulkar.dynamics like Manish Pandey, Robin Utappa, Virat Kohli...instead of Yuvraj, Rohit Sharma, Harbajan....ANYWAYS ALL THE BEST TO ALL THE PLAYERS and bring HOME WORLD CUP

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  • UDAY KUMAR, MANGALORE

    Sat, Mar 27 2010

    Congrats Vinay kumar...but i doubt they will give u a chance play in final eleven...i think harbhajan is waste fellow in the team... come on guys give a chance to manish pandey.... what do u want from him a double century in 20:20....?

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  • Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharjah

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congrats Vinay Kumar. Players chosen by the Committee is very very bad. Surprised to note that Chairman Srikkant neglected Uttaappa, Manish Pandey and Sourab Tiwari. Team is full of players like Half fit Yuvraj,Gambhir,Nehra and out of form Rohit Sharma and average player Karthik. It is extremely difficult to reach Semi-Finals in World Cup with these kind of players.

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  • Sujith Alva, Udupi

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Vinay has took 62 Wickets in last domestic season.This Team is based on domestic performance & not from IPL3.Also 30 probables announced before the IPl start. Uthappa's record was poor in last domestic season. Sorry for manish pandey. Best of luck Vinay & Indian Team. Jai ho

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  • sahul, Banglore/dubai

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    All the best to Vinay.why Irfan pathan out of the team??

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  • Denzil Fernandes, Dubai

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Heart burning for Pandey,Kohli.
    One must say that Rohit Sharma is very lucky to be in the team. Someone like Pandey would have been very handy for big hitting and quick scores. Kohli too is quite useful but his batting has been not as solid as Rohit Sharma. Rohit got the edge probably due to his slow spinners which is a plus along with his batting. Pacer Vinay surely deserved his ion. Likewise, there are so many other youngsters who missed the bus. This is a good sign that we have a great crop of back up players and we can easily pick another team which can be as good as the one ed for the T20 World Cup.
    Mind you, talent is not the only criteria for ion - you also need a GODFATHER to prompt your case inside !

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  • Rajesh K, Malpe/Doha

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congratulations Vinay!!!
    Pandey is better than Rohit Sharma, Robin and Virat should have been selected for some injured players. Not a great selection....

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  • johnson, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    MANISH PANDEY Should have given a Chance Instead of DINESH KARTHIK. I find Dinesh Is weak compared to MANISH PANDEY....T20 tEAM Should be DYNAMIC Including ROBIN UTHAPPA, VIRAT KOHLI...... Will our YOUGSTERS Get Chance - Who Are Consistently Playing Good.

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  • samad birali uchila, uchila

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    vinay kumar Best of luck

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  • Imran, Dubai

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Very poor selection, Other players like Manish,Virat,Robin any one of them should be selcted instead of Vinay

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE/YANBU-KSA

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Davangere Express Vinay Kumar congrats on being selected for World Cup T 20 Cricket Match.

    Mr Vinaya Kumar give your 100% as other cricketers waiting to get a chance including Manish Pandey.All the best and some are how P.chawla's selection is a surprise.

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  • sharif mohamed, shimoga/al hassa

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Best of lock vinay kumar

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  • Praveen, udupi

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    very bad selection....

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  • Nelson Cornelio, Kakkunje/Dubai

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congrats to Vinay. However surprise to see Kohli and Uttapa out of thr squad. Please be impartial

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  • derick sm, mangalore

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    congratulations! wish you a all the best. why uttappa and manish out of the team?? very surprised to me.

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  • bnrajaji, bejai managalore

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    The selrcion is as usual they have neglected the Karnatak playres except R Vinay Kumar. Virat Kohli is a great batsmen and also a good fielder. THe selction committee chairman is some how not liking our Karnataka players.

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  • Umesh Shetty, Kaup/Dubai

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Current form of the players should be the criteria forselection, in this case BCCI picked many injured/unfit players (Gambhir, Yuvraj,Nehra) also they are out of form, Nehra yet to play a match in this IPL3 then what is the use of picking these players, surely BCCI prefers Stardom not talent why they didn't Pandey, Uthappa, Tiwari,Irfan Pathan in place of injured players. Anyway congrats to Vinay Kumar and all the best to Indian Team Jai Hind..

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  • Ismail Sayyed, Jokatte/Doha

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congrats Vinay! You really deserve your place in Indian Team.

    Sorry Manish... Don't be disappointed..
    We are sure you will find your place in Team India very soon.

    ALL THE BEST TO TEAM INDIA!

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  • sharif mohamed, shimoga/al hassa

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    best of luck vinay kumar

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  • Praveen Serra, Niddodi/ Muscat

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congrats Vinay!!! We r really proud of u. Do ur best... M surprised y Uttappa and Pandey not considered??? Is Srikanth Blind?????

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  • Lloyd Dsouza, Surathkal

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congrat's, Make us all proud in future.

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  • yousuf, Gangolli - KSA

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    All the best to Vinay.

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  • Roshan, m'bidri/a'dhabi

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Very bad selection only virender sehwag,raina are fit at the moment, rest all batsman are suffering either with injuries or bad form. Surprised why uttappa and kohli not ed?. All news channels talked about bangalore dashing batsman manish pandey he also not considered.Are they(selectors) blind?

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  • Shammi, Karnataka

    Fri, Mar 26 2010

    Congratulations!!!! Vinay Kumar.We r proud of u Mr.Kannadiga.Jai jai Karnataka

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