Under-fire Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday retained captaincy while all-rounder Yuvraj Singh returned to India’s ODI team for the first time since last year’s World Cup triumph after he was picked in the 15-member squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan.
Yuvraj, who was recalled to the Indian Twenty20 squad for the World T20 within months of recovering from a rare germ cell cancer, played his last ODI against Sri Lanka in the final of the 50-over World Cup last April.
Since senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar announced retirement from one-day cricket today, the selectors have picked Ajinkya Rahane.
Out-of-form Zaheer Khan, who was dropped after the first two Tests against England, did not find favour with the selection panel headed by Sandeep Patil. Virender Sehwag, who had opted out of the two T20 matches against England, was also called back into the one-day side for the three-match series.
Also returning to the ODI squad will be Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra and Ashok Dinda while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shami Ahmed will be playing in their debut series.
The core of the squad remains pretty much the same with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina retaining their places.
The team for the T20 matches against Pakistan was also announced after the selection meeting. The squad is more or less the same with only Abhimanyu Mithun making for Delhi pacer Ishant Sharma.
ODI squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shami Ahmed, Amit Mishra
T20 squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Parvinder Awana, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu.
Once again sreenivasan saved dhoni.Its enough and also frustrating indian fans.Please find a new captain.
Why irfan or yusuf not in?
irfan is suffering from knee injury ….
Again same team and again india will face trouble in bowling depart
yeah
y sehwag picked?
Pyush ko kyo liya
Why not balaji
leg injury
stress injury to right toe
Insha Allah India will face the trouble both in bating and bowling
y nt irfan ?
why not varun aaron and umesh yadav
India will miss pathan brothers.
y not pravin kumar, irfan pathan,balaji..
and nw selectors had picked weakest bowling line up of india…
Irfan has picked up a knee injury. and umesh is undergoing treatment for beach ache. people like balaji and usuf have not really topped the chart this ranji season. Not picking Aaron is kind of surprising
Are yaar yeh toh glt hi no Zak bhai No Irfy bcoz he izzzz injured nd yaar Dhoni ko gliyan mt di yaar jb Dhoni match jitae toh bht accha captain cool bst captain ever India ve ab uska bura waqt chal rha hi toh galiyan de rhe ho tmhe ki haq ni hi yeh blne ka….
well well well, team is a mix up of good and bad players.
hope are from the selection to give chance to bhubhaneswar kumar as he shows a lost of consistent performance and is an econmical bowler.
piyush is being carried as extra baggage,pragyan ojha should have included.may be this is last chance for dhoni and he has to prove himself.its a fact that he doesnt deserve to be a test captain as he lacks basic technique of playing test cricket.
hopes still alive lets see ……………………
bhubhaneswar kumar is a good pick
Parvinder Awana ko pehle cricket sikhne do
dua karo k dinda short ball na kare warna……..
Please take to irfan pathan
y no umesh yadav praveen kumar and irfan pathan
In place of Rohit sharma can place Ambati Rayudu.
y nt viru in t20 squad
good team selection.sami ahmed is such a good bowler
yr ye umesh ko kyon nahe liya gya.
We need a combination of p.kumar & b.kumar along with irfan and stay rohit out
Ishant sharma should hv been picked!
where is sachin
India pakistan ko shakhast dega odi mein .
Shukur karo dhoni ,,, aamir aasif aur tum sab ka baap salman nahi hai… Warna tum sab ki woh loog pungi bajate…
WHY DONT PICK IRFAN PATHAN
When we se viru in the ground we have the confident because he is an real hero like yuvi and virat I loved them very much
where is pathan and praveen kumar
WWhy Rohit always unnecessarily, take Rayudu why wasting his talent.
for all those asking about Irfan Pathan..he is injured not dropped…he is out of Ranji team also bcz of that….
Select sami ahmed in next match.
rohit sharma , sehwag ,and G gambir ko out karo ,i pathan ,y pathan ,a raidu ko in karo aur ,sahmi ahmed ko v moaka dena chahia,,,,, rohit sharma k barey me jaroor socho k voh jab sri lanka k sath match hua thha uss match me aur uss k baad jitne vi match huey vo har match me fial hai lekin fir vi uss ko team me jahga milti hai q,,,,,,vo kisi selacter ka risteydar to nahi hai pleese must thinking abaout india if you love india
India need to find top 2 to 3 bowlers so that the whole team can rely trust on bowling.
indian bowling is weak and can be put to test at any time.
Doni waste 4r captain.gambir gud catain .exam:kkr ipl team captain gud perform.
1 And only king gambir 4 indian team.
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