Analysing the chances of India’s 2011 World Cup winners making a comeback
If you look at the victorious Indian squad from the 2011 World Cup, only 2 (Test captain Virat Kohli and offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin) are currently in the first XI in all three formats. Ashwin has become the premier spinner in the country, and Kohli is arguably India’s best all-round batsman across the three formats.The first thing to do is to look at India’s 2011 World Cup squad. MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh.MS Dhoni is still the ODI and T20I captain, but has retired from Tests. Raina is a regular in the limited overs squads, but has been discarded from the longer format; Harbhajan Singh has recently returned to the team and could have at least a bit-part role to play in one-dayers. Of course, some key players are no longer available.Sachin retired with a lot of fanfare 2 years ago, with a specially arranged 200th Test at Mumbai. Virender Sehwag and Zaheer have retired as well recently. So let’s take a look now at the other members of the 2011 World Cup Squad, and see what chances they have of getting back in the national team.
#1 S Sreesanth
There’s a Paulo Coelho quote: “Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds”. This would probably apply to Sreesanth.
Always controversial, he hit his nadir when he received a life ban from playing cricket for spot fixing. Though he proclaims that he will play international cricket again, a combination of the fixing situation (how can players trust him even if his ban is revoked?), his age (almost 33) and quite frankly, a mediocre bowling record, will ensure that he never comes close to playing international cricket again.
Chances of a comeback: 0/10