India has named a preliminary squad for the Twenty20 [Images] World Cup in England [Images] in June, pencilling in all but four players from the side that won the inaugural edition two years ago.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] led a young team to surprise success in South Africa in 2007, triggering wild celebrations in cricket-crazy India as the game's newest format grew instantly popular in the sport's commercial hub.

Explosive batsman Virender Sehwag [Images] and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [Images] are the most senior players in the 30-man squad which will be reduced to 15 before the tournament.

India squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir [Images], Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina [Images], Rohit Sharma [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], Yusuf Pathan [Images], Irfan Pathan [Images], Zaheer Khan [Images], Ishant Sharma [Images], Munaf Patel [Images], Ravindra Jadeja [Images], Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Dinesh Karthik [Images], Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Subramaniam Badrinath [Images], Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli [Images], Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Nayar, Amit Mishra [Images], Ravichandran Ashwin, Rudra Pratap Singh, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Dhawal Kulkarni and Naman Ojha.