India’s World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, batting ace Sachin Tendulkar and fast-bowler Zaheer Khan were rested for next month’s Twenty20 and One-Day International (ODI) series in the West Indies as the country’s board announced the squad for the Caribbean tour.
Left-handed opener Gautam Gambhir will lead the 16-member squad with Suresh Raina as his deputy, said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in a statement.
“Dhoni, Tendulkar and Zaheer have been rested but they will be available for the Test series,” said BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan.
Opener Virender Sehwag is suffering from a shoulder injury. Tendulkar is the world’s leading scorer with 18,111 runs in 453 ODIs with 48 centuries, while Dhoni led the country to the World Cup triumph last month. Zaheer, who emerged as the joint-leading wicket-taker in the World Cup with 21 wickets, has taken 273 wickets in 191 ODIs.
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, paceman S Sreesanth and injured fast-bowler Ashish Nehra were dropped. Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma returned to the squad after missing the World Cup.
Rohit Sharma, Subra-maniam Badrinath, Parthiv Patel, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra and Wriddhiman Saha also made comebacks following their impressive shows in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
India’s T20 and ODI squad
Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Subramaniam Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran
Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Vinay Kumar, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra, Wriddhiman Saha.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2011.
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