mumbai thanks to roger binnys flight being stuck at the bangalore airport their meeting was stuck for around an houranda half but once it began it didnt take longer than 20 minutes for the national selectors joined by skipper ms dhoni and coach duncan fletcher from sydney via video conference to pick the 15 players who would defend the world cup for india in febmarch down under and 17 for the triseries preceding it at the board office here on tuesday as expected the five wise men didnt heed popular sentiment and ignored 2011 world cup hero yuvraj singh leaving skipper ms dhoni virat kohli r ashwin and suresh raina as the only four members who have survived from indias last world cup campaign dhoni in fact is the only surviving member from the disastrous 2007 world cup sojourn how much the selectors are backing the youth to lift the cup at the mcg on march 29 emerges from the fact that as many as 11 players in this team would be featuring in a world cup for the first time the selectors have decided to include ravindra jadeja who according to bcci secretary sanjay patel is recovering fast from a shoulder injury jadeja is undergoing rehabilitation he is doing wonderfully well we had detailed discussion with bcci physio nitin patel on his inclusion and we are confident that he will return to training within 10 days patel said later another bcci official vouched for his improved fitness to this paper he has gone home rajkot and will begin throwing the ball from thursday he said perhaps keeping the big grounds of australia and the paucity of quality pacers in mind the selectors have punted on indias traditional strength spin while naming the squad there are three spinners in the side jadeja ashwin and axar patel it mustve been a day of mixed feelings for outofform opener shikhar dhawan while a series of poor scores resulted in him being axed from the fourth test against australia in sydney he managed to clinch a world cup spot clearly the lefthanders performance in the past two years 815 runs in 18 odis4794 in 2014 and 1162 runs in 26 in 2013 helped him pip murali vijay who has done well for india in tests in the same period the selectors wanted to show consistency by backing players whove been a part of the team and have performed well for the past couple of years said a source in the board yuvrajs claim despite his three backtoback hundreds in the ranji trophy according to a source played up more in the media than in the selectors minds with the likes of rohit sharma ajinkya rahane raina dhoni and ambati rayudu who will double up as the reserve wicketkeeper manning the batting department making a spot for the 33yearold lefthander was always going to be difficult the real worry for india would be in the pace bowling department where form and fit ness both