November 25, 2013

Zaheer Khan back to the Indian Test team for South Africa Tour

 The Indian selectors announced a 17 member squad  for upcoming Test and ODI series against South Africa. The veteran fast bowler Zaheer Khan return to the test squad, Who has not been in the team since 2012 December.The other two veteran opening batsman Virendra Sehwag and Gautham Gambhir were not selected in the squad by selectors.The Mumbai Indians middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu has been selected for Test team squad and also Bengal wicket keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has been selected for Test squad.The South Africa test series is the first series without Sachin Tendulkar who had retired from Test format in November.The Delhi pace man Ishant Sharma returned to the squad who had not been selected against ongoing ODI series against West Indies.The ODI match will be start in Johannesburg on December 9 and also first test will be start in Johannesburg on December 18.

India ODI squad
MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.
India Test squad
MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Pragyan Ojha and Ishant Sharma.

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