Still recovering from the disappointment of being left out of the 15-member squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup, middle-order batsman Ambati Rayudu and young wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant got some relief on Wednesday.

The two, along with 26-year-old Delhi right-arm pacer Navdeep Saini, have been named as standbys for India's World Cup squad.

This gives them hope of making it to the main World Cup squad in the event of an injury to any of the first 15 named for the quadrennial event on Monday.

There has been a national debate surrounding the exclusion of Rayudu and Pant since the squad was announced and whether the inclusion of Vijay Shankar and Dinesh Karthik in their places is the right decision.

With the ICC doing away with the practice of letting countries announce a probables' list before the final squad, the BCCI also has the option of including anyone apart from these three but it is unlikely.

"Just like ICC Champions Trophy, we have three standbys. Rishabh Pant and Ambati Rayudu are the first and second standbys while Saini is the bowler in the list. So, if anyone gets injured, as per requirement, one of the three will be going," a senior BCCI official told PTI Wednesday.

Saini, along with three other pacers Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan and Deepak Chahar, was named among the four bowlers will travel with the team to help the World Cup players in their preparation.

BCCI LETS RAYUDU BE (SNARKY)

• BCCI has no plans of sanctioning Ambati Rayudu for his sarcastic tweet, since it wasn’t a direct criticism of the body   
• The Hyderabadi, ignored in favour of all-rounder Vijay Shankar, created a frenzy by tweeting he plans to buy ‘3D glasses’ to watch the showpiece which begins on May 30  
• The 3D reference came a day after chairman of selectors MSK Prasad cited Shankar’s ‘three-dimensional qualities’ to justify his selection