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retain Ganguly besides including Badri and Mishra |
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October
01, 2008
 The
Indian Cricket Board's first paid Selection Committee has
decided to retain Sourav Ganguly in the 15-man squad for the
first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in what was its
first selection meeting. There was a lot of uncertainty about
Ganguly keeping his place in the team after he was ignored for
the Irani Trophy. The new committee headed by Krishnamachari
Srikkanth has
gone in with 7 specialist batsmen, a wicket
keeper, four pacers and three spinners. S Badrinath has been
named in the squad and so is leggie Amit Mishra, who actually
makes a comeback in the Indian team after five years.
The New Selection Committee comprises of
Yashpal Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Raja Venkat and Surendra
Bhave who are headed by former Indian Captain Krish Srikkanth.
Most likely, the Indian team management is likely to stick
with six batsmen with Badrinath sitting out, MS Dhoni, two
pacers in Zaheer, Ishant and two spinners with Amit Mishra
missing out. The first Test is at Bangalore where the pitch is
likely to be on the slower side.
The players who have been dropped from the
last tour of Sri Lanka are the two wicket keeper Dinesh
Karthik, Parthiv Patel, batsman Rohit Sharma and left arm
spinner Pragyan Ojha. Below is the 15-man India Squad for the
first two Tests against Australia :
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