ICC T20 World Cup Cricket June 2009

Many consider that the Indian 15 is very strong and it is difficult for Dhoni to pick up the playing 11 and their order.

I have made my guess and analysis here and put up a possible playing 11.

This is what should be going through in Dhoni's mind

Batting Order:
1&2 - Sehwag & Gambhir
3&4 - Dhoni & Raina
5&6 - Rohit & Yuvraj
7&8 - Harbhajan & Irfan
9, 10 & 11 - Praveen, RP Singh & Ishant

Here in each pair, he maintains a left / right combination and although all of them are good hitters one batsmen in each pair can play a consolidating/anchoring role, viz., Gambhir, Dhoni, Rohit, Irfan.

Others left out are Yusuf pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha

Before Zaheer gets fit, it has to be decided among 4 seamers as to who should be dropped based on their form in the initial games.

Other 3 also can fit in only from 7 to 11 and unless someone gets injured or performs consistently bad I dont see room for these 3.


Now onto Bowling
Overs
1-4 - Praveen & RP
5-6 - Ishant & Irfan
7-10 - Harbhajan & Irfan
11-14 - Harbhajan & Ishant
15-16 - Irfan & Ishant
16-20 - RP & Praveen
Not to forget Sehwag, Raina, Rohit, Yuvraj - all were successful in IPL while turning their arm around.