India's World Cup squad has quite a few fixed positions -- when you get down to it, 15 men is a very small number for such a squad -- you basically get only 4 reserves, and one of those is a reserve keeper. Given the absence of Sehwag and Gambhir, many folks get to try to make their case in the coming weeks.
A number of those probables are staking their claim here -- Vijay, Kohli (though he has probably done enough to be in), Rohit Sharma and on the bowling front, Munaf Patel. Ashwin, Chawla, Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma, will also press their claims, as the absence of Praveen Kuman opens up the possibility of one of the other players making a big push for themselves.
On the South African front, no van Wyk, though I imagine he must get a go sometime. Tahir is in the squad but hasn't been capped, as both team go with their strongest XIs to begin with -- Yusuf Pathan will probably not play as much in South Africa, but will be quite useful in India.
Bharat
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