The World Twenty20 starts on April 30, five days after the end of the IPL; India are grouped with South Africa and Afghanistan. Sachin Tendulkar’s decision not to play in this month’s Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies will leave India a much weaker team as they look to put last year disappointments in England behind them. The little master is in splendid form for the Mumbai Indians during the current Indian Premier League as the red hot Indians remain on course to finish top of the IPL group stages.   The Indians skipper has played a major role in the teams impressive start in this year IPL but Tendulkar has stuck by his decision not to play international Twenty20 cricket in order to prolong his test career.  The 26-year-old Vinay Kumar, who has been impressive in the IPL 3, was the only new face in the squad to be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Karnataka speedster R Vinay Kumar rewarded for his consistent performance in domestic cricket while leg-spinner Piyush Chawla staged a surprise comeback into India's 15-member squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies. Pacers Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth and RP Singh, who were in the provisional 30-member list, failed to figure in the squad while spinners Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra also missed the bus.   The squad has five specialist batsmen in Vice-captain Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, two all-rounders in Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja.   Besides Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar were the pacers in the squad. Zaheer and Harbhajan were making a return after missing India's last Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in December last.  Indian Squad for T20 Word cup:    Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag (v-c), Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Dinesh Karthik.       India’s Match Schedule: Sat May 1, 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST 3rd Match, - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros … [Read more...]