Chennai, August 16: Former Team India Skipper Rahul Dravid, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, hard hitting player Suresh Raina and left arm speedster Ashish Nehra were recalled into the Indian team for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka and for the next month’s Champions Trophy tournament to be held in South Africa.
The selection committee, headed by its Chairman K Srikkanth along with skipper M S Dhoni and BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan met here today and finalised the 15 member squad for the two tournaments. While the experienced Rahul Dravid comes back into the team after nearly two years, Sachin and Raina who missed the West Indies ODI tour and the T-20 World Cup due to injuries, expectedly figure in the scheme of things.
Considering the non-availability of Sehwag, Sachin was expected to come back to his favourite opening slot along with Gautam Gambhir, while Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan picked themselves on the strength of their good show in recent tournaments.
—–Agencies