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Cricket | May 03, 2019 11:47 ISTMorgan's words come after Hales was omitted from England's World Cup squad after a second failed drug test.
Morgan's words come after Hales was omitted from England's World Cup squad after a second failed drug test.
There has been debate over Shankar being picked in the England-bound India team ahead of Ambati Rayudu, with the selectors saying they went for the "three-dimensional skills" offered by the all-rounder.
While serving their bans, Smith and Warner had participated in several T20 competitions, including in Canada and the Caribbean, in their bid to get play time.
Named last week in England's preliminary World Cup squad, Hales was found to be at variance with England and Wales Cricket Board's recreational drugs policy for the second time in his career.
The 61-year-old, who was England's wicketkeeper in the 1983 World Cup, has officiated in 74 Tests, 135 ODIs and 37 T20Is so far.
The former India captain, who led the team to the 2003 World Cup finals expects that current round robin format will be one of the most "keenly contested" tournament.
Chris Gayle and Andre Russell headline West Indies 15-member World Cup squad which sees Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine miss out for the mega tournament.
Cricket legend Rahul Dravid believes that India have the right combination going into the 2019 ICC World Cup and have plenty of options to help them go all the way.
Taking a sly dig at the Men in Blue, Sarfraz feels that Pakistan will take all fixures in the World Cup as a clash against India, but the skipper was not spared by Twitterati for his comments.
Gulbadin Naib will lead the side which also features Mohammad Shahzad and spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman.
Before the announcement, Veteran pacer Malinga was sacked as ODI skipper with SLC on Wednesday naming Test captain Karunaratne to lead the country at the 50 over World cup.
Steyn, who will turn 36 in June, will probably be appearing in his last World Cup and he said they are going with high expectations.
Ponting met Pant on Monday night, hours after the India squad was announced with Dinesh Karthik being preferred over the 21-year-old for the reserve wicketkeeper's slot.
Chahal, who returned with figures of 2-27 last night, has so far grabbed 72 wickets from 41 ODI games for India.
Since his comeback in New Zealand, Pandya has shown more focus on the field and has been in tremendous form with the bat in the ongoing IPL
The four fast bowlers can generate decent pace and their services will come in handy during the Indian team's net sessions in England.
The in-form Indian pacer also attributed his successful ODI comeback to his good Test performances over the last one year.
In a first by the BCCI, the five-member national selection committee was given a three and half hour presentation, a day before the meeting in order to give the selectors a clearer picture.
With his "three-dimensional qualities", the Tamil Nadu player took the slot which was speculated to go to Ambati Rayudu before his dip in form in the home series against Australia last month.
With India's 15-member World Cup squad announced, get to know all the players who can lead India to their third World Cup trophy this year.
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