India Drop 5 Star Names from ICC World Cup 2015 Probables List

India have omitted five major names from their preliminary squad list of 30 probable players for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Gautam Gambhir have all been left out of the squad, per NDTV Sports. That means only four players remain from India's triumphant 2011 group, per ESPNcricinfo:

Each one of the omitted quintet were part of the team that beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to claim one-day cricket's biggest prize in Mumbai four years ago.

However, India's cricketing governing body (BCCI) has arguably quite rightly decided to go with youth ahead of past heroes.

Yuvraj was the last of the five omitted stars to appear for India in an ODI, and that was back in December 2013.

The BCCI provides the full list of probables via its Twitter feed:

Along with Australia and South Africa, India are one of the favourites to win the tournament Down Under, which gets underway on Feb. 14.

They have been drawn in Pool B along with the Proteas, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and the UAE.