being a part of the squad for the 5 ODIs and a T20 international starting July 21.Sehwag, Zaheer, and young pacer Umesh Yadav, had to miss the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March due to injuries. Sehwag was getting better from back spasms and a carry injury while Zaheer and Umesh had niggles as well.
Tendulkar, who is now a Rajya Sabha MP, made him unavailable for selection keeping in mind the hectic season. He is likely to attend his 1st session of parliament when the monsoon session begins later this month. Tendulkar has been replaced by young Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane while left-arm spinner Pagan Ojha took the place of out-of-form all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Praveen made way for Umesh.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni *+ | |
Virat Kohli | R Ashwin |
Virender Sehwag | Umesh Yadav |
Gautam Gambhir | Ashok Dind |
Suresh Raina | Irfan Pathan |
Rohit Sharma | Pragyan Ojha |
Ajinkya Rahane | Rahul Sharma |
Manoj Tiwary | Zaheer Khan |
We have selected the best available team. I think it is a very good side which has very strong batting line-up and good bowlers and we are confident that it will do well in Sri Lanka, chairman of selection committee Srikkanth said. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who recently signed for Essex, remains out of favor after his not noteworthy form the Indian Premier League (IPL). His stalemate leg-spinner Rahul Sharma has been retained in the side.
Srikkanth hope the team would return to winning ways. It is a long season in front and I think we will come back to winning ways. He must be aiming at England and Australia (series later this year). He is spacing it out very well, said Srikkanth. I don't really want to dwell on whys, they are hard. We should look at what has been selected, he said. Virat Kohli is the vice-captain and Srikkanth said it is time to back the Delhi boy.
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