MS Dhoni will continue to lead the Indian team in the ODI series against Australia and Sri Lanka down under. The selectors also announced that both, Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan will be a part of the 17-member squad while Praveen Kumar returns to the team after being away because of injury.
Australia V India Live ODIs: Tendulkar, Zaheer Back Into Squad
Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have been picked for the ODIs between India and Australia following the Test matches.
Tendulkar hasn’t played a single ODI since the World Cup final for India in April 2011. However, with the Indians struggling to get away to decent starts in the ongoing Test matches, the selectors would have deemed his experience at the top of the innings as a good option.
Irfan Pathan, who was selected for the last couple of ODIs against West Indies, retains his place in the squad but Yuvraj Singh will continue to remain out after he did not recover from his non-malignant tumour in the lung.
The five-pronged pace attack will consist of Zaheer, Umesh Yadav, Praveen, Vinay Kumar and Irfan. R Ashwin and Rahul Sharma are the two main spinners while Ravindra Jadeja will be the spinning all-rounder.
India play Australia and Sri Lanka four times each before the top two teams feature in the final of the tournament.
Indian squad:
MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Parthiv Patel (wk), Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan, R Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Sharma, R Ashwin
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