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| Yuvraj Singh |
Yuvraj Singh may become the classic example
of 'someone's loss is someone's gain' if India's fitness worries around
their four recuperating players don't settle down by February 7 - the
day Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
go through a fitness test in Australia.
The #LoutegaYuvraj trend
may return on social networks, especially if Jadeja is deemed unfit with
no chance of recovering in time for India's first match against
Pakistan on February 15.
Yuvraj,
the Man of the Series in India's 2011 winning campaign, fits the bill
to address India's ongoing middle-order worries. He brings to the team
the same ilk, left-arm spin, as Jadeja while being way superior to the
Saurashtra allrounder - in fact not a logical comparison - when it comes
to batting.
However, in case Rohit, who opens the batting for
India in ODIs, is forced to return within touching distance from making
his World Cup debut, the BCCI selectors may seriously ponder issuing a
ticket to Murali Vijay, who was in terrific form during the Test series
in Australia.
Interestingly,
it was widely reported that Dhoni had floated Vijay's name at time of
selecting India's 15-man squad, but the skipper's recommendation for his
former Chennai Super Kings team-mate was conveniently turned down by
the selectors.
On the contrary, it might well happen that both
Rohit and Jadeja are declared fit, after which the slim, left-over hopes
for Yuvraj and Vijay will die down.
However,
there is high likelihood of Ishant Sharma missing the bus due to his
ankle injury, which will open the door for either Mohit Sharma or Dhawal
Kulkarni, who have been asked to stay back until the fitness test on
February 7.
At the time of selecting India's World Cup squad,
Sandeep Patil & Co may have harped upon their intent to not look
back and move ahead, but considering India's winless streak on Australia
tour, including failure to get going even in the ODI tri-series, it
won't be a surprise if Yuvraj, who recently hit three centuries in the
ongoing Ranji Trophy, returns to the scheme of things in India's Cup
defence.
And it's not even a guess who Indian fans want to see boarding that flight to Australia in the eleventh hour.
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