Indian team for South Africa ODIs announced, Yusuf Pathan back

Posted by Parasshuram on February 17th, 2010 in India | 2 Comments

The Indian team for the ODI series against South Africa was announced on Tuesday. Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh have been ruled out of the series due to injuries, whereas Harbhajan Singh has opted out for two games because of his sister’s marriage.

MS Dhoni continues to lead the side, whereas Sachin Tendulkar will play in the series again after missing out on the previous series. Abhishek Nayar makes it back to the side as a batting all-rounder, but one of the biggest news is that Yusuf Pathan has been selected again.

Amongst the bowlers, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi and Praveen Kumar make it back to the side in the fast bowling department, whereas Harbhajan is replaced by R Ashwin.

The team:
MS Dhoni (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra