2015 ICC 50-over World Cup: Ideal Indian playing 11

Despite the exit of a number of Indianbig shots from One Day Interntionals, either retired or have become outoffavour,I believe that this side is very muchsettled and dangerous at the same time. With an interesting mix of experience and youth, and an abundance of the latter, itmakes the Indian team a formidable outfit.

#1 Rohit Sharma

Leading the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians has helped Rohit Sharma gain lots of confidence. Not only that, I believe, in Rohit, India have also got a backup option for MS Dhoni, to take over thecaptaincy mantle. His place in the 2015 World Cup squad is almost confirmed,and his opening partnershipswith Shikhar Dhawan is something towatch out for.

However, he needs to perform well in Indiasupcoming tours of England and Australia to cement his spot.