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Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar's wait for his elusive 100th international ton will get a little longer as the selectors on Friday decided to rest him and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni from India's upcoming ODI series against West Indies.
Virender Sehwag was named captain of the 15-member squad which will not include Yuvraj Singh who has declared himself unfit.
There was again no place for out-of-form spinner Harbhajan Singh while Parthiv Patel will replace Dhoni in the squad announced by the BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale after a meeting of the selection committee.
According to the media release issued by the BCCI, Yuvraj has declared himself unfit and so was not considered for selection.
According to reliable sources, Yuvraj might undergo a surgery for his lung problem.
The squad has been announced for the first three ODIs to be played at Cuttack (November 29), Vizag (December 2) and Ahmedabad (December 5).
The decision to rest Dhoni was on the cards as the Indian captain has been playing in all formats of the game for long while Tendulkar has not played in the ODIs since the World Cup final. They were rested keeping in mind the gruelling tour of Australia in December.
"Dhoni has been rested for all five matches as he has played a lot of games," chairman of the selection committee Kris Srikkanth told reporters after the meeting.
About Tendulkar playing the last two games, Srikkanth remained non-committal.
Seamers Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary, wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel - all of whom were a part of the squad that thrashed England 5-0 in the home series have retained their places.
Young leg-spinner Rahul Sharma who has been a part of the squad for the past 45 days has also been retained and hopefully will be making his international debut in the upcoming series.
Squad: Virender Sehwag (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma.
