AFP, New Delhi :Factfile on India ahead of the 2015 World Cup to be played in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29:Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Stuart Binny.Coach: Duncan FletcherFixtures-Pool B:Feb 15: Pakistan, AdelaideFeb 22: South Africa, MelbourneFeb 28: United Arab Emirates, PerthMar 6: West Indies, PerthMar 10: Ireland, HamiltonMar 14: Zimbabwe, AucklandWorld Cup record:1975: First round1979: First round1983: Champions1987: Semi-finals1992: First round1996: Semi-finals1999: Super Sixes2003: Runners-up2007: First round2011: ChampionsKey player:Virat KohliThe brash, arrogant youngster has matured into one of the most devastating batsmen in modern cricket and a key component of India’s World Cup campaign.The 26-year-old smashed four centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Test series in Australia, where he also scored his first Test century on the previous visit in 2011.In his outstanding 150-match one-day career, Kohli has already struck 21 hundreds and 33 half-centuries. One of his best one-day knocks was played in Adelaide when he hammered an astonishing 133 not out off 86 balls against Sri Lanka to help India chase down 321 in under 40 overs.Now the Test captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s retirement from the longer format, Kohli will plot India’s strategy as Dhoni’s deputy at the World Cup.
