S Sreesanth picks his playing XI for T20 World Cup

S Sreesanth whose cricket life-ban was reduced to seven days last year, has began practising to give a perfect comeback.

Meanwhile, Sreesanth has named his Indian Playing XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. The 37-year-old pacer has picked Rohit Sharma as one of the openers. Either Sanju Samson or Shikar Dhawan can be the other opening partner.

For the middle order, Sreesanth has chosen Virat Kohli (in at 3), MS Dhoni (in at 4) and Suresh Raina (in at 5). Despite being out of the game for a long time, the southpaw has given himself a spot in the playing XI. It is to be noted that MS Dhoni has also remained out of action since India's exit from the World Cup race last year.

Sreesanth has picked all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja to round the batting segment.

Harbhajan Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini and Jasprit Bumrah form the pacer's bowling unit. To round this lineup, Sreesanth included himself as the 12th man of the squad.

Sreesanth’s T20 World Cup XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan/Sanju Samson, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, S Sreesanth (12th man).