Tendulkar, Sehwag in ICC shortlist for greatest ODI team

DUBAI: Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, along with Virender Sehwag, on Wednesday found a place in the list of players nominated for an ICC online poll to pick the all-time greatest team as part of one-day cricket's 40th anniversary celebrations.

The retired Sourav Ganguly is also part of the list of openers, from which only two would make the final dream team.

The shortlist for Dream Team:

Opening batsmen (2) - Saeed Anwar, Sourav Ganguly, Gordon Greenidge, Matthew Hayden, Sanath Jayasuriya, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn Turner.

Middle-order batsmen (3) - Michael Bevan, Martin Crowe, Aravinda de Silva, Inzamam-ul Haq, Brian Lara, Javed Miandad, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards.

All-rounder (1) - Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Andrew Flintoff, Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock.

Wicketkeeper (1) - Mark Boucher, MS Dhoni, Andy Flower Adam Gilchrist, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Moin Khan, Alec Stewart, Kumar Sangakkara.

Fast bowlers (3) - Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Chaminda Vaas, Waqar Younis.

Spinners (1) - Shahid Afridi, Carl Hooper, Anil Kumble, Muttiah Muralitharan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Warne, Daniel Vettori.

India’s 30-member squad for World Cup 2011 announced

The Indian selectors have announced the 30-member squad for the 2011 World Cup. What has been the most surprising exclusion is that of Irfan Pathan, while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have been selected.

The probables:

Openers: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan

Middle-order: Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Saurabh Tiwary, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Cheteshwar Pujara

All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan

Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Karthik, Wriddhiman Saha

Spinners: Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha

Medium-pacers: Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar.