BCCI has announced 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies. Indian squad for West Indies Tour.
Indian team will play the only T20 match on June 4 & after that the five-match ODI series, starting June 6, 2011. The three Tests are scheduled from June 20. This is the first assignment of newly appointed coach Duncan Fletcher.
"Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have been rested. They will be available for the Test series," Srinivasan said in a statement.
Opener Virender Sehwag was not considered for selection as he will undergo a shoulder surgery which will him rule him out for four to six weeks.
Paceman Ashish Nehra was also not considered as he is recovering from finger injury sustained during the World Cup.
Chairman of the selection committee K Srikkanth says "This is the best possible side. I am sure there is good balance in the team and I am confident that they will do well and maintain the winning momentum,".
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ODI and T20 Squad for West Indies tour : Suresh Raina (capt), R. Ashwin, S. Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vc), Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan.
Test squad: M.S. Dhoni (capt), VVS Laxman (vc), M. Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel.
Indian team will play the only T20 match on June 4 & after that the five-match ODI series, starting June 6, 2011. The three Tests are scheduled from June 20. This is the first assignment of newly appointed coach Duncan Fletcher.
"Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have been rested. They will be available for the Test series," Srinivasan said in a statement.
Opener Virender Sehwag was not considered for selection as he will undergo a shoulder surgery which will him rule him out for four to six weeks.
Paceman Ashish Nehra was also not considered as he is recovering from finger injury sustained during the World Cup.
Chairman of the selection committee K Srikkanth says "This is the best possible side. I am sure there is good balance in the team and I am confident that they will do well and maintain the winning momentum,".
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2 comments:
Its not a good news for Indian cricket, all our senior players have taken rest for West indies tour. If our some player like yusuf, yuvraj, raina & kohli will be not playing well, then full chance to lose west indies tour..............
This Indian ODI cricket team capable to win West Indies tour ?
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