Finally, Indian selectors announced final 15 man squad for upcoming Tri series in Australia and 2015 ICC Worldcup to be played to Australia and New Zealand in February.
India's final squad has 5 batsmen, 2 wicketkeeper-batsmen, 3 allrounders - 2 left-arm spinners, 1 medium-pacer - 4 seamers and 1 specialist spinner.
Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja has been included despite leaving the tour of Australia with a shoulder injury, and Ishant Sharma is also not fully fit - he has a problem with his knee. But got place in 15 man squad for ICC Worldcup 2015. Allrounders Stuart Binny and Akshar Patel have been included in India's squad for the 2015 World Cup.
In addition to these 15 selected for the World Cup, seamers Mohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni were chosen to travel to Australia for the one-day tri-series that follows the Tests.
When asked if Yuvraj Singh - who was not among the 30 probables for the World Cup - had been discussed at the meeting, Patel said: "Not only Yuvraj Singh, a lot of other players were also discussed apart from the 30, and after a lot of deliberation [the team was finalised] in the presence of all the five selectors as well as captain MS Dhoni and coach Duncan Fletcher, who were there on conference call."
India is in Group B along with Ireland, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe and UAE. Team India will start its World Cup campaign against Pakistan in their opening game at the Adelaide Oval on February 15.
The complete list of India 15 players for the worldcup 2015 are as follows:
