Here's the exclusive secret about Bangladesh & Asia cup Team selection. 1. 6 players picked themselves by default. No discusiion. Dhoni, yuvraj , rohit ,sehwag , gambhir , Isanth. 2. Sachin Tendulkar place was for grab due to his unavailability - 5 names discussed, Sourav , Dravid ,S. Vidyut , Asnodkar , Yusuf Pathan ... Dhoni/Kirsten prefered for Yusuf & Vidyut. Vengsarkar discussed ganguly but other selectors & Dhoni/kirsten insisted on good fielding ability. - Final result --Yusuf selected.
3. For additional 2 batsman as reserve in middle order , Following names were discussed :- Venugopal, Robin uthappa, suresh raina , s. badrinath , abhishek nayar . -- Robin uthappa preserved due to experience & backing from a south selector & quota for karnataka inplace of dravid. Suresh raina preferred due to age , experience & domestic performance other than IPL . S. badrinath lost due to age factor. Abhishek nayar due to lack of experience.
4. 2 bowling allrounder positions discussed :- Names Irfan pathan , Laxmi shukla , Ajit agarkar , Praveen kumar , Joginder sharma ,------------- Irfan & pravin got through due to backing from captain -Dhoni.
6. 2 medium fast bowlers other than Isanth who already got selected as default. -- Names discussed Sreesanth , Manpreet gony , Yo Mahesh , Ashish Nehra , R
