( CNN ) -- Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has been included in his country 's 15-man World Cup squad , despite doubts over the opener 's fitness ahead of next month 's competition . Tendulkar was forced to withdraw from India 's ongoing tour of South Africa on Saturday after straining his right hamstring . The 37-year-old has scored a record 17,629 runs in 444 one-day internationals , but has played just four over the last 12 months in order to focus on Test cricket . However , the world 's leading one-day and Test batsman was named in the squad for the February 19 to April 2 tournament , which is to be jointly hosted by India , Bangladesh and Sri Lanka . Cook not hopeful of England World Cup place . The south east Asian nation 's one-day side -- currently level with South Africa at one game a piece in the best-of-five match series -- have also been missing batsmen Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir as well as fast bowler Praveen Kumar through injury . `` I am not worried at all about the injuries , these are part of the game , '' Krishnamachari Srikkanth , India 's chairman of selectors told reporters in Chennai following the team announcement on Monday . `` I am confident the team will be fully fit when the World Cup starts , '' he added . India hold second place behind Australia in the official one-day rankings , ahead of co-hosts Sri Lanka , England and South Africa . Led by captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni , India have been drawn with England , the West Indies , Bangladesh , Ireland , the Netherlands and South Africa in group B of cricket 's 10th World Cup . Defending champions Australia head group A with Pakistan , New Zealand , Sri Lanka , Zimbabwe , Canada and Kenya completing the line up for the tournament . Following the round-robin stages , four teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinals .
Sachin Tendulkar named in India 's squad for upcoming Cricket World Cup . 37-year - old batsman injured his hamstring on Saturday during country 's tour of South Africa . Is confident he will be fit for the competition hosted by India , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh . Three other injured players have been included in India 's squad for February 19 - March 2 tournament .