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India’s New Selection Committee headed by Krish Srikkanth has rested ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar from the first three ODIs of the upcoming series against England. The Selectors have picked Tamil Nadu’s M Vijay, who was called up for the Nagpur Test has been included in this ODI Squad following his exploits in the domestic circuit. Irfan Pathan and Praveen Kumar have been left out although the latter didn’t do badly at all in the last couple of ODI Series. Middle order batsman S Badrinath has also been left out.
The Selectors have gone in for Baroda’s blazing batsman Yusuf Pathan, who didn’t create ripples in the 7 ODIs that he has played but has played quite a few stunning knocks in the IPL and other domestic games. It is interesting to note that it was Sachin Tendulkar, who has asked the Board to rest him. Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma have been included to bolster the bowling attack with the duo of Irfan Pathan and Praveen Kumar making way for them. The Selectors might look to rotate the players for the 7 ODIs as India seems to be having a lot of quality players waiting to get the opportunities. The ODI Series against England kicks off on the 14th at Rajkot.
India’s Squad for first 3 ODIS : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & Wicket Keeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh