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Mumbai, Apr 20: Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have been "rested" for India's upcoming one-day international series against Bangladesh, but the two stalwarts were named in the Test squad.

Virender Sehwag was retained for the one-dayers despite his slump in form while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, and pacers Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar were dropped from both the ODI and Test squads, announced by Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Niranjan Shah in Mumbai on Friday evening.

Selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar said Tendulkar and Ganguly have been given a break.

Rahul Dravid has been retained captain for three ODIs and two Tests series, which starts May 10.

Teams:

One-Day International: Rahul Dravid (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthick, M S Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, R P Singh, Ramesh Powar, Dinesh Mongia, Manoj Tiwari.

Test: Rahul Dravid (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar, V V S Laxman, M S Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthick, Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan, V R V Singh, Munaf Patel, Anil Kumble, Ramesh Powar, Rajesh Powar.

  

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