Gambhir, Yuvraj ruled out from West Indies series
May 27th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 27 (IANS) Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were ruled out from the Indian squad for the full tour to the West Indies and have been replaced by Shikhar Dhawan and Manoj Tiwary in the ODI and the Twenty20 teams, the Indian cricket board announced Friday.
Gambhir is nursing a shoulder injury that he picked up at the fag end of the ICC World Cup earlier this year and will be missing the entire tour of the Caribbean as also Yuvraj who is “suffering from an upper respiratory infection, with a small patch of pneumonitis in the left lung”, according to a press release from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N.Srinivasan.
Gambhir was to lead the One-Day International (ODI) team in the West Indies. Suresh Raina will now lead the ODI and Twenty20 squads, with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy.
Gambhir’s injury stirred a controversy after media reports suggested that the left-hander played with a sore shoulder in the Indian Premier League, skippering the Kolkata Knight Riders.
The selectors also named a 15-member Test squad sans Sachin Tendulkar, who has requested a break to spend time with his family. Tendulkar, however, will be available for the full tour of England.
“Sachin Tendulkar requested that he be allowed to spend time with his family. He will, therefore, not play the Test series. However, he will be available for the full tour of England that follows,” the BCCI said in the release.
Tamil Nadu batsman Abhinav Mukund is the new face in the Test team while leg-spinner Amit Mishra makes a comeback.
Test team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), V.V.S Laxman (vice-captain), Murali Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel.
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- Gambhir named captain for West Indies ODI series - May 13, 2011
- Board's Grade A contract for Yuvraj, Ishant and Virat - Oct 29, 2011
- Yuvraj axed from Test squad, Pujara included - Sep 20, 2010
- Dravid recalled to ODI squad after two years - Aug 06, 2011
- Gambhir to lead in T20, ODIs in absence of Dhoni (Lead) - May 13, 2011
- Yuvraj dropped, Pujara drafted in Indian Test squad (Lead) - Sep 20, 2010
- Sehwag still to report fit for England series - Jul 01, 2011
- ODIs: Sehwag to lead India against Windies, Dhoni rested - Nov 25, 2011
- India will go into third Test with No.1 Test ranking at stake - Aug 09, 2011
- Dravid back in ODI squad after two years (Lead) - Aug 06, 2011
- Zaheer, Sreesanth out of West Indies Test series (Lead) - Jun 10, 2011
- Selectors unlikely to spring surprises in World Cup squad - Jan 16, 2011
- World Cup: Selectors to pick 15-member Indian team Monday - Jan 14, 2011
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