Champions Trophy squad to be picked tomorrow

The 15-member India squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy will be picked here tomorrow and it would be interesting to see whether the selectors give a chance to axed senior players such as Virender Sehwag, who does not figure in the 30-member list of probables chosen earlier.
When the selection panel, headed by Sandeep Patil, named the list of probables on April 6, two prominent names -- Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh -- were missing from it.
Since then, the two senior cricketers' form in the ongoing Indian Premier League would have been monitored by the selectors.
It remains to be seen whether the duo have made enough of an impression with their displays in the T20 League to force their way into the final squad for the June 6 to 23 tournament to be held in the United Kingdom.

As per the ICC rules, the selectors have the option to choose players from even outside the probables list announced for the ODI tournament, to be held in England and Wales.
The list contains four openers -- Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir and Unmukt Chand -- and it would be interesting to see whether Sehwag makes it as one of three openers likely to be chosen in the final 15.

Similarly, for the spinners' slot, there are five claimants in R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Jalaj Saxena and Parveez Rasool.
Whether Harbhajan can force his way back after showing some good form in IPL remains to be seen.

There are seven middle-order batsmen, four wicketkeepers -- including Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is expected to be named the skipper -- and 10 medium pace bowlers in the probables mix.