Dravid dropped; Sehwag, Yuvraj return for Oz series

Dravid dropped; Sehwag, Yuvraj return for Oz series

Chennai, Oct 15 (PTI) Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid was
on Thursday dropped while the dashing duo of Virender Sehwag
and Yuvraj Singh returned to India's 15-member squad for the
first two cricket one-dayers of a seven-match series against
Australia starting October 25.

Dravid, who was surprisingly named in India's Champions
Trophy squad, failed to find favour with the selectors, who
have decided to persist with young right-hander Virat Kohli.

Kohli had been inducted in the Champions Trophy squad
after Yuvraj was forced out due to a finger injury.

In an apparent fallout of India's Champions Trophy
debacle, out of form all-rounder Yusuf Pathan and pacer R P
Singh were dropped from the squad announced by the BCCI after
a meeting of its selection panel here.
Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik and young all-rounder
Abhishek Nayar were also dropped.

Rookie Uttar Pradesh pacer Sudeep Tyagi was the lone new
face in the squad, which marked the return of another fast
bowler Munaf Patel and young all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

Tyagi has played 16 first-class match for Uttar Pradesh
and has taken 57 wickets at an average of 25.73.

Meanwhile, the BCCI said Yuvraj, who is still
recuperating from a fractured finger, will be completely fit
by October 28 for the second one-dayer in Nagpur and might as
well be available for the first one-dayer on October 25 in
Vadodara. (MORE) PTI RE
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