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Big four missing against England
ODI squad
The 15-member Indian squad for the first two one-day interna- tionals against England, that
begin October 14, was announced
September 29. Sachin Tendulkar,
Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and
Yuvraj Singh will be missing due to
injuries. Spinner Harbhajan Singh has
been dropped while Karnataka pacer
Sreenath Aravind and Punjab spinner
Rahul Sharma make their debut into
the team.
Rahul Sharma, who missed the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia due to an injury, will debut against England in the two ODIs
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain)
Gautam Gambhir
Parthiv Patel
Ajinkya Rahane
Virat Kohli
Suresh Raina
Ravindra Jadeja
R Ashwin
Varun Aaron
Umesh Yadav
R Vinay Kumar
Sreenath Aravind
Rahul Sharma
Manoj Tiwary
Praveen Kumar
Sreenath Aravind caught the eye of selectors while bowling
for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last edition of the IPL
‘Ironic that I walk in the team
as Bhajji goes out’
‘I wasn’t expecting the
call this year’
Karnataka pacer Sreenath Aravind said his selection in the Indian team for the first two one-day internationals against
England came as a surprise to him.
— Press Trust of India
Leg spinner Rahul Sharma, whose stupendous performance for the Pune Warriors in the last Indian Premier League caught the selectors’ eye, said it was a ‘dream come true’ to find a place in India’s one day internation-
al squad against England.
