Could Sreesanth have made a difference...

'I am so Heart broken..but It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself,' medium pacer S. Sresanth's tweeted when he found that his name did not figure in the list of 15 players for the cricket World Cup starting in the sub-continent next month.
May be it is right for Sreesanth to feel aggrieved at not being selected for the showpiece event, especially when you consider the fact that he has not at all done badly in the recently concluded Test series in South Africa.
There is no doubt that Zaheer and Praveen are the first and automatic choices in the medium pace category. But it would not have been a controversial decision to pick Sreesanth in the 15-man squad instead of either of the other two particularly when you consider the placid sub-continental tracks where the World Cup is set to unfold.
Of course, Munaf's performance in the second one day international in the ongoing series in South Africa may have given him the edge. But he is not a wicket-taking or attacking bowler as Sreesanth whom India can use upfront. And he has proved over and again that he is another pedestrian customer with nothing surprising in his repertoire of deliveries. 
But there are plenty of chances that Sreesanth may play in the World Cup as all the four medium pacers are injury-prone. It will not be surprising if Sree plays in this tournament presuming that India move ahead from the preliminary round.
We believe Sreesanth could have done equally well or better than the two bowlers who have been given the nod by the selectors.

LR  SHAJI