19 February,2011 07:07 AM IST | | Debasish Datta
India's pace bowler Ashish Nehra has been ruled out of today's World Cup opener against Bangladesh due to a back injury, it is learnt. Munaf Patel could take his place.
In the spin department, Piyush Chawla got the nod ahead of offie R Ashwin and would make his WC debut. The spinner was a surprise inclusion in the 15-man squad, but became a front runner for the second spinner's spot after a good show in the warm-ups.
Likely teams:
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, wk), Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Piyush Chawla, Munaf Patel.
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib-al-Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmadullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.
