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Indian Cricket team for West Indies Tour | Sachin, Sehwag out of Squad

Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by Diego in Cricket

India has announced the squad for West Indies tour which is starting from June 26. Sachin Tendulkar opted to rest due to a finger injury picked up during the IPL and Zaheer Khan, recovering from his shoulder injury, was given some rest. Ashish Nehra has been included in the team, he is coming after four years into the National team. The Squad has announced for ODI series against West Indies starting from June 26.

Pathan was left out of the squad but Suresh Raina was not considered because of a thumb injury, While Virender Sehwag (shoulder injury) was not available for the selection. M Vijay, India’s third opener in Tests, took Sehwag’s place and and S Badrinath also included in the squad for the four-match series. Mumbai all rounder Abhishek Nayar was the lone new face in the squad which will be captain by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and will have Yuvraj Singh as his deputy.
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India’s Cricket Squad for West Indies ODI Series:
MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, S Badrinath, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik.

Out:
Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan , Virender Sehwag , Suresh Raina , Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan

IN:
Ashish Nehra, Abhishek Nayar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, S Badrinath, M Vijay