Cricket News: Rayudu, Pant announced reserve players for WC

Young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, veteran batsman Ambati Rayudu and speedster Navdeep Saini are India’s designated standbys for the ICC World Cup starting in the UK on May 30. With the ICC having done away with the probables list, the BCCI does have the provision of including anyone apart from these three but it is unlikely to happen. While Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan and Deepak Chahar will be travelling with the team purely as net bowlers, they can also be drafted in if the team management feels so. Saini too is among the reserves travelling with the team. Meanwhile, there will be no Yo-Yo Test in all likelihood for the World Cup-bound players as IPL is going to only end on May 12.