India's depleted squad for the tour of West Indies has suffered two severe blows with Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir being ruled out of the entire trip because of illness and injury respectively. Sachin Tendulkar, who was rested from the one-day series, will now miss the Test leg as well after asking for permission from the BCCI to spend time with his family.
Virat Kohli and Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund are the only uncapped players in the Test squad. Suresh Raina has been appointed captain for the one-dayers and the Twenty20 fixture, and Harbhajan Singh, the vice-captain. Shikhar Dhawan and Manoj Tiwary have replaced Yuvraj and Gambhir in the limited-overs squad.
Gambhir, who was initially announced as the one-day captain, in place of the resting MS Dhoni, was ruled out due to the shoulder injury he sustained in the World Cup final and aggravated during the IPL. Yuvraj, the Player of the Tournament in the 2011 World Cup, is suffering from a lung infection.
So, in all, India are without Tendulkar, Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer Khan, Gambhir and Ashish Nehra for the one-dayers. Tendulkar, Sehwag, Gambhir and Cheteshwar Pujara, who also picked up an injury during the IPL, are missing from the Test squad that played in South Africa.
The selectors met in Chennai to choose the squad, a meeting that was also attended by newly-appointed coach Duncan Fletcher, whose first assignment will be the tour of West Indies.
Test squad: MS Dhoni (capt), VVS Laxman (vc), M Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel (wk).
Limited-overs squad: Suresh Raina (capt), R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vc), Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan.
Virat Kohli and Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund are the only uncapped players in the Test squad. Suresh Raina has been appointed captain for the one-dayers and the Twenty20 fixture, and Harbhajan Singh, the vice-captain. Shikhar Dhawan and Manoj Tiwary have replaced Yuvraj and Gambhir in the limited-overs squad.
Gambhir, who was initially announced as the one-day captain, in place of the resting MS Dhoni, was ruled out due to the shoulder injury he sustained in the World Cup final and aggravated during the IPL. Yuvraj, the Player of the Tournament in the 2011 World Cup, is suffering from a lung infection.
So, in all, India are without Tendulkar, Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer Khan, Gambhir and Ashish Nehra for the one-dayers. Tendulkar, Sehwag, Gambhir and Cheteshwar Pujara, who also picked up an injury during the IPL, are missing from the Test squad that played in South Africa.
The selectors met in Chennai to choose the squad, a meeting that was also attended by newly-appointed coach Duncan Fletcher, whose first assignment will be the tour of West Indies.
Test squad: MS Dhoni (capt), VVS Laxman (vc), M Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel (wk).
Limited-overs squad: Suresh Raina (capt), R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vc), Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan.
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