BCCI secretary N Srinivasan announced India's 15-member squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup to be held in the sub-continent from February 19. The announcement came after a meeting of the selection committee held at Chennai today. Leg spinner Piyush Chawla was the surprise inclusion while young batsman Rohit Sharma and S Sreesanth were dropped. Tamil Nadu spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is also a useful batsman, was also named in the squad. The major concern ahead of the selection committee was the injuries to four key players – Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and pacer Praveen Kumar but the selectors decided to include them, expecting all four to be fit in time. The team will be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag as his deputy. Chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth told reporters that the committee have chosen a very well balanced team. The mega event will be held from February 19 to April 2 in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India are clubbed in Group-B in the world Cup alongwith Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and The Netherlands. India will play the inaugural match of the World Cup against Bangladesh in Mirpur on February 19.