Kohli worthy of being in India's World Cup XI

Virat Kohli has been the most prolific batsman for India last year in one-dayers. On form alone, he deserves to edge out one of his senior colleagues, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, even in a full-strength Indian team for the World Cup, writes Akshay Iyer on Yahoo Cricket.

The need for an in-form and consistent batsman at No. 4 becomes all the more necessary as Dhoni himself has been searching for his best batting form of late. And, while Yusuf has come of age batting at No. 7 over the last couple of months, he can't be expected to salvage India's innings in every other match.

It won't be easy to drop either Raina or Yuvraj from the playing XI in the World Cup as they are proven match-winners, but for the sake of ensuring balance in the team and rewarding consistency, one of the two would ideally have to make way for Kohli.