MS Dhoni rested, Virat Kohli to lead Indiaagainst Sri Lanka

[Dinesh jain]

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
and seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar were left out
of the squad for the first three of the five One-
Day Internationals(ODI) against Sri Lanka,
starting November 2, while star batsman Virat
Kohli was named as the stand-in skipper of
the 15-man squad selected on Tuesday.
The Sandeep Patil-led All-India Senior
Selection Committee of the Board of Control
for Cricket in India(BCCI) included
wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha in
place of Dhoni while pacer Varun Aaron
replaced Bhuvneshwar.
The BCCI statement made no mention whether
the two players were being rested.
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin returns to the
squad while left-arm tweaker Kuldeep Yadav,
included in the squad for the West Indies
series, was left out.
However, Yadav was named in the India A
team -- which will play Sri Lanka in a practice
match Oct 30 at the Brabourne Stadium in
Mumbai -- along with Rohit Sharma, who is
recovering from a finger injury.
The five ODIs will be played at Cuttack,
Hyderabad, Ranchi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
Sri Lanka agreed to play the ODI series as a
replacement for the West Indies, whose
players refused to complete the full tour of
India due to a payment structure dispute with
the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the
West Indies Players' Association (WIPA).
India squad: Virat Kohli (c) , Shikhar Dhawan,
Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu,
Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin,
Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Umesh
Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Murali
Vijay, Varun Aaron, Axar Patel.
India A squad: Manoj Tiwary(c) , Unmukt
Chand, Manan Vohra, Karun Nair, Rohit
Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Sanju Samson, Parvez
Rasool, Karn Sharma, Stuart Binny, Dhaval
Kulkarni, Jaspreet Bumrah, Manish Pandey,
Kuldeep Yadav.

MS Dhoni rested, Virat Kohli to lead India against Sri Lanka

 

[Dinesh jain]

Sri Lanka on Wednesday named their 15-
member squad for the five-match ODI series
against India next month, with notable
omissions being former T20 captain Dinesh
Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne.
The five ODIs will be played at Cuttack,
Hyderabad, Ranchi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad
between November 2 to 14. Sri Lankan team
will play a warm-up game against India A in
Mumbai on October 30.
However a half-fit Kumar Sangakkara is there
in the touring party. If Sangakkara is declared
unfit, Niroshan d*ckwella is expected to make
his ODI debut.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has been
rested while off spinner Suraj Randiv has been
recalled.
The spinners in the squad are Randiv, leg-
spinner Seekkuge Prasanna and left-arm
orthodox Chaturanga de Silva.
Medium pacer Lahiru Gamage earned his
maiden call-up as he will share the new ball
with the seasoned Nuwan Kulasekera and
Dhammika Prasad.
Squad: Angelo Mathews (c) , Kusal Perera,
Tillekaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar
Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Ashan
Priyanjan, Niroshan d*ckwella, Thisara Perera,
Nuwan Kulasekera, Dhammika Prasad, Lahiru
Gamage, Chaturanga de Silva, Seekkuge
Prasanna and Suraj Randiv
Sri Lanka drop Malinga, Chandimal for ODI series against India

 

[Devesh]

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