Probables for the 20-20 Worldcup

The Indian cricket selectors meet in Mumbai on Saturday to pick 30 probables for the Twenty20 World Cup to be played in South Africa in September.

BCCI has always been reluctant to accept the 20-20 format and hence have done very little so far to promote it in India.The 20-20 world cup was the reason for them to conduct a domestic tournament some time back.

It is very interesting to see how they approach selection for the 20-20 format.Going by their past records, they are likely to pick players from the existing ODI pool.But, there is nothing wrong to hope for a surprise from them.

If they have a good understanding of the game and the requirements for the 20-20 format, they would certainly surprise us;else :)

The other major teams have been playing quite a few 20-20s for the last two years and hence had opportunities to try out newer/specialist players who would suit this format.So, most of them have a data to look back and analyze when they chose their 20-20 world cup teams. But,India have played only a handful of 20-20s and to add did not try anything different.So, we do not know who fits the bill.This makes the task very tough for the selectors in picking the team.

Can we expect surprises?..We would know at the end of the day