Their recent good performances in the ongoing IPL IV have got Mumbai Indians’ Ambati Rayudu and Kings XI Punjab’s Paul Valthaty on the selectorial radar.The two batsmen are very much in the national selectors’ vision for the forthcoming tour of the West Indies. While Rayudu is in the running for the 15-member one-day squad, Valthaty could get the nod for the one-off Twenty20 game.
Although there is still some uncertainty whether the senior Indian cricketers will make themselves available for the five-match ODI series, the stylish Rayudu is likely to be picked in place of regular opener Virender Sehwag.
The operation will rule him out for at least eight weeks and there are even doubts if the dasher will recover for the tour of England in July.
“We have a set ODI squad and there is very little scope for any alteration. But if Sehwag does get operated during that time, Rayudu could come in his place.
Paul Valthaty has done well recently and he is also in the frame for the one T20 game,” a selector revealed.
Valthaty, with 261 runs under his belt, is currently the second highest run-getter of the IPL IV after Sachin Tendulkar (269).
Rayudu was in exceptional form during the last domestic season where he amassed 873 runs and he has continued in a similar vein in the current edition of the IPL where he has totalled 201 in six games. “He has shown a lot of maturity while batting under pressure. That should go in his favour,” the selector said.
Yuvi back for Tests
The selectors have made up their minds on bringing back Yuvraj Singh in the Test squad. “There wasn’t any doubt about his class.
The issue was with his form and attitude and in both aspects he seems pretty well placed now. And for a player like Yuvraj, he doesn’t have to take anyone’s place, you can say he will win back his place in the Test side,” the selector said.
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