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Ganguly in Squad for First Two Australia Tests

  •   Wed, Oct 01 2008 04:33:27 PM

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Mumbai, Oct 1: Sourav Ganguly has been included in the Indian squad for the first two Tests against Australia.

The former India captain, left out of the Rest of India squad for last week's Irani Trophy match, retained his place in the 15-man squad, announced by the new selection committee, under the chairmanship of Krishnamachari Srikanth, on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu's Subramaniam Badrinath was also included, in place of Rohit Sharma, who was dropped without a single opportunity in the three-Test series in Sri Lanka last month.

There was a surprise call up for Haryana leg spinner Amit Mishra, who edged out left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha.

Mishra last played international cricket nearly five years back, when he featured in a triangular against Bangladesh and South Africa in Dhaka in April 2003.

Munaf Patel also kept his place in the Test squad after an impressive showing for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy tie against Ranji Trophy champions Delhi. Rudra Pratap Singh is the fourth seamer in the squad along with Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is back in the squad after opting out of the Test series in Sri Lanka. He is the lone wicketkeeper in the team as his replacements, Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik, were not retained.

India play Australia in a four-Test series, starting in Bangalore on October 9. The second Test will be played in Mohali from October 17-21.

Squad for first two Tests:

Anil Kumble (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, M S Dhoni (w/k), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Sourav Ganguly, Subramaniam Badrinath, Munaf Patel, R P Singh.
  

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  • Kevin Dias, Mumbai

    Thu, Oct 02 2008

    Dada back is fine our media is the cause for all this. Dada never fared bad in Lanka, it was the little master, the Wall and Laxman the tall man. In India cricket is second to God so our fab four need a glorious exit where on earth was this before in the world of cricket. Laxman had one good series against the Aussies and that's it, Dravid is somehow out of form and lost touch with eye n ball, Dada for sure the tiger that he is has some cricket left, he was made the lamb for the slaughter for his own mistakes and the downfall of Dalmia dug his grave further. The Master no one is in favour of him leave the arena. As the new team in now and Kris at command it's now the battle of wits, who will talk with the Bat all the very best to the Fab Four.

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