India Australia Series

India announces team for Australia ODI series

India have named a 15-man squad for the first two One-Day Internationals against Australia later this month showing a number of changes from the ICC Champions Trophy squad.

Australia-India ODI series Schedule

Batsmen Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh return from injury while uncapped fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi is rewarded for good early season form, which culminated in three top order wickets in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy final for India Red, with a call-up.

Rahul Dravid, Yusuf Pathan and RP Singh are left out; Dravid had been recalled ahead of the Champions Trophy, in which India exited at the group stage following a defeat to Pakistan, a rain-affected no result against Australia and a consolation win over a weak West Indian team.

Munaf Patel, who has also impressed in the early-season Irani and Challenger Trophy competitions, is included in the squad which plays Australia in the first two of seven matches in Baroda on 25th October and Nagpur on 28th October.The series concludes in Mumbai on 11th November.

Ravi Jadeja, who starred for the Rest of India against Mumbai in the Irani Trophy, is also recalled as Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek Nayar miss out.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravi Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Sudeep Tyagi

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