'Cup  Squad Place not guaranteed'

SYDNEY: Vice-captainRohit Sharma Thursday said India’s WorldCupsquadismoreorless settled but nobody should take his placefor granted as poor formcouldlead to omissions. Rohit said there could be one
or two changes in the squad, whichwilltakeonAustraliaand New Zealand in upcoming ODI series, dependingonpoorform and injury. “The squad that plays these 13 ODIs is more or less the samesquad that will go to theWorld Cup. There will be one or two changes, keeping in mind the form and injury concernsoverthenextfewmonths,” Rohit said ahead ofIndia’s first ODIhereonSaturday.
“We playedalot of cricket
throughouttheyear,soinjuries areboundtohappen.Andthere will be some concerns about formandfitness.Idon’tseethere willbeanydrasticchangestothe squad,”headded. Talkingaboutthe slots inthe
playingeleven,hesaid,“...more orless,theslotsareprettymuch takenbyindividualsButhaving said that, Ifeel everything will depend on the form of each player. Nobody is guaranteed that flight toEnglandas yet. “I would not say every individual that is going to be part of the next fewseries would be playingtheWorldCup.Youhave gottoperform.But there won’t bedrasticchanges,”hesaid.The World Cup startsonMay 30 in England.
IndialastplayedODIsinAustraliain2016,andlosttheseries 4-1. Theirtop-ordercomprising Rohit,Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli had excelled back then too, but the middle order didnotsupportthemenough. Rohitwasconfidentthatthose shortcomings have been overcome.“It’snotaboutoneortwo individuals, it’s about 11 ofus contributing,includingthe7or 8batters that will be playing. Individualsmaywinoneortwo gamesbuttowinthechampionship, the batting unit needs to cometogetherandatsomestage puttheirhands up and say ‘I’m goingtotakethatchallengeand make the team get through the finishing line.”