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Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra recalled for T20s in Australia

India will play five ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals from 12 to 31 January in Australia

A file photo of cricketer Yuvraj Singh. Photo: Kunal Patil/HTPremium
A file photo of cricketer Yuvraj Singh. Photo: Kunal Patil/HT

New Delhi: Veterans Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra were handed fresh lifelines with a recall in India’s Twenty20 squad while Punjab left-arm seamer Brainder Sran and Baroda all-rounder Hardik Pandya were the new faces in the one day international (ODI) squads for the upcoming tour to Australia early next year.

Lanky paceman Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami were brought back into the ODI team which had no place for Suresh Raina, who was overlooked to test new players. Shami, who has now recovered from his injury, has been named in both the ODI and T20 squads, announced by BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur after a meeting of the selection committee in New Delhi.

Rishi Dhawan and Manish Pandey were also included in the ODI squad. A number of players like Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh, were omitted from the ODI squad.

Off-spinner Harbhajan however kept his place in the T20 squad. The 23-year-old Sran and 22-year-old Pandya were rewarded with a berth in the ODI and T20 squads respectively for their consistent performance in the domestic circuit.

The squad, to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has expectedly been packed with seamers, keeping in mind the conditions in Australia where India will play five ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals from 12 to 31 January.

The selectors preferred to give another opportunity to Yuvraj and Nehra. “Keeping in mind World T20 lot of players this was chance to pick for World T20 and use it as a platform. Those not selected were all discussed. We have extended the pool," chairman of the selection committee Sandip Patil told reporters after the meeting.

Speaking about Yuvraj and Nehra’s comeback, Patil said,"Yuvi is special and captain is happy to have him back. We can’t guarantee him place but chance to perform will be given. Nehra is a consistent performer in T20 format. He will be useful in the team. We will need experienced players in the T20 WC. Australia tour perfect chance to give them a shot."

Meanwhile, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named India captain till the World T20. Chief selector Sandip Patil on Saturday said the Board wanted to end speculations and “send a signal" to players as to who would be their leader in the mega-event from 8 March to 3 April.

“We named Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain as we wanted to end the speculations in the media. Not only media but players in general should know who will be their leader," Patil told reporters.

Giving the impression that Dhoni is still the man-in-charge of the limited overs team, Patil said the “decision to pick the teams were taken in consultation with the captain and we support that".

Asked further about the future of Dhoni, Thakur said, “BCCI doesn’t discuss players’ future. Selectors do that with players. He is the most successful Indian captain. He has won two World Cups for India, taken India to No 1 Test rankings. It is only fair that we name him captain till World T20."

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Published: 19 Dec 2015, 08:12 PM IST
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