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16-Aug-2009 07:37:00 GMT
Sri Lanka Tri-series, 2009

Rahul Dravid Back in ODI Squad for Tri-series & CT

New Delhi: Former captain Rahul Dravid is back in the Indian One-day squad, after nearly a two-year gap, for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the subsequent Champions Trophy in South Africa.

Dravid played the last of his 333 ODIs back in October 2007 against Australia in Nagpur and the former India captain has amassed 10,585 runs at an average of 39.49.

Sachin Tendulkar also returned to the side, after skipping the ODI series in the West Indies.

However, pacer Zaheer Khan and hard-hitter Virender Sehwag have been dropped due to their injuries. Young gun Rohit Sharma and spinner Pragyan Ojha have not been included in the side.

Yusuf Pathan, who has been chipping in with the bat besides rolling his arms to good effect, retained his place.

Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek Nayar, who came to lime-light for his performance in the Indian Premier league III, has been included in the squad.

The selected Indian players will have a four-day training camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore from August 27. The camp is expected to focus on both physical conditioning and skills before the players disperse on August 30 to participate in the BCCI Corporate Cup.

Squad: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar.


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