Irfan Pathan missing in World Cup probables list

Selectors likely to keep Irfan Pathan out of 2011 World Cup probables list

Selectors likely to keep Irfan Pathan out of 2011 World Cup probables listu00a0

It appears like the national selection committee will retain the nucleus of India'su00a0 squad whenu00a0 it prepares the final list of 30 probables for the 2011 World Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is to submit the list of cricketers to the International Cricket Council (ICC) by December 19.

Irfan Pathan

The biggest omission came in the form of all-rounder Irfan Pathan who was the man-of-the-match during the 2007 World T20 final. RP Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun and Dhawal Kulkarni are the other players missing.
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However, Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar's name has been discussed during previous meetings and could make a backdoor entry to the final list.

BCCI had planned to organise a meeting on Friday in Chennai, but delayed it because Secretary N Srinivasan was busy with the Board's Special General Meeting (SGM) on Saturday. However, the list of probables has to be finalised before December 19.

Actually, the selectors shortlisted 32 cricketers but will either discard two names from the list or submit the list of 32 players to the ICC.

If the ICC insists on pruning the list down to 30, BCCI might keep two cricketers on standby in case of an injury before the mega tournament in February-March 2011.