Rewarded for his recent good form, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was Monday
recalled in the Indian team for the first three One-day Internationals
of a seven-match series and a one-off Twenty20 against the touring
Australia.
The selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) announced the 15-man squad for the series here Monday, making
four changes in the squad that won the Champions Trophy in June.
Yuvraj, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami and Jaydev Unadkat have been
picked in place of Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan and Umesh
Yadav.
Other seniors like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh will have to wait for their return to the national fold.
Yuvraj comes to the side after scores of 84, 52, 61, 40 and 123 in the
series against West Indies A and Challenger Trophy. His last
international match was an ODI against England in Dharamsala in January.
Fast bowlers Shami and Unadkat have been rewarded for their impressive show in the five-match series in Zimbabwe.
The axe for speedster Yadav is surprising though he proved expensive in
the Challenger Trophy. Wicket-keeper Karthik was overlooked against
Rayudu, who averaged more than 50 runs in Zimbabwe. Opener Vijay could
not retain his place while Irfan Pathan is injured.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Parvez Rasool, who misses out
after the Zimbabwe stint alongside Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohit Kumar and
Ajinkya Rahane.
India will play a T20 and seven ODIs against Australia but selectors
decided to pick the squad only for the initial three games.
The T20 will be played in Rajkot, Oct 10. The first three ODIs will be
hosted in Pune (Oct 13), Jaipur (Oct 16), and Mohali (Oct 19).
India squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit
Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja,
Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit
Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat.
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