Pietersen, England’s man of the tournament when they won the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean two years ago - recently retired from all white ball internationals. He wanted to continue to play Twenty20 matches while opting out one-day international fixtures. But England said the terms of his central contract meant he had to be available for both of those formats and that the only alternative was to opt out of all limited overs international cricket, which he duly did.
Cancer survivor Yuvraj named in India squad
Meanwhile, India picked Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering from cancer, in their 30-man preliminary squad.
He completed chemotherapy in the US in April after being diagnosed with a rare germ-cell tumor between his lungs early last year.
England
S Broad (c), J Anderson, J Bairstow, G Batty, I Bell, R Bopara, S Borthwick, T Bresnan, D Briggs, J Buttler, A Cook, S Croft, S Davies, J Dernbach, S Finn, A Hales, C Kieswetter, M Lumb, S Meaker, E Morgan, G Onions, S Patel, M Prior, J Root, B Stokes, G Swann, J Taylor, J Tredwell, C Woakes, L Wright
India
MS Dhoni, V Sehwag, G Gambhir, V Kohli, R Sharma, S Raina, R Ashwin, P Ojha, U Yadav, A Dinda, A Rahane, M Tiwary, R Sharma, V Kumar, Z Khan, Y Singh, R Uthappa, I Pathan, Y Pathan, M Singh, P Chawla, R Jadeja, S Dhawan, A Rayudu, H Singh, M Patel, N Ojha, D Karthik, P Kumar, L Balaji
Australia
G Bailey, T Birt, D Christian, P Cummins, X Doherty, J Faulkner, A Finch, R Harris, B Hilfenhaus, B Hogg, D Hussey, M Hussey, M Johnson, B Laughlin, M Marsh, S Marsh, G Maxwell, A McDonald, C McKay, D Nannes, S O’Keefe, T Paine, R Quiney, S Smith, M Starc, A Voges, M Wade, D Warner, S Watson, C White
Published in The Express Tribune, July 19th, 2012.
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