Selectors ignore 2011 stars in World Cup probables - Four big members of India's vi- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Four big members of India's victorious 2011 ICC World Cup have not found themselves in the preliminary list of players for the team's defence of the title in Australia and New Zealand next year, which could mean the end of their international careers.

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The discarded Punjab pair of Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh, as well as Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have not been named in the pool of 30 probables the BCCI selectors announced on Thursday, with younger players with recent ODI experience being preferred.

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The final trimmed list of 15 for the 2015 World Cup is to be named in January. Only four members of the 2011 World Cup squad remain - skipper MS Dhoni, vice-captain Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and R Ashwin.

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Yuvraj, Player of the Tournament in India's successful 2011 World Cup, has not played an ODI in nearly a year and previously represented the country during the ICC World Twenty20 in April. His most recent outing was the Vijay Hazare Trophy in which he scored 204 runs in eight innings at an average of 29.14, with a single half-century.

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His Punjab captain, Harbhajan, took eight wickets at an average of 48.12 and economy of 4.63; his last ODI was in July 2011. In the same tournament, Sehwag averaged 21.83 and Gambhir 33.33, both Delhi batsman scoring one fifty each. The pair has not played ODIs since January 2013.

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