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Ajinkya Rahane has been selected to lead a second-string India side to Zimbabwe

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Ajinkya Rahane has been selected to lead a second-string India side to Zimbabwe

Ajinkya Rahane has been selected to lead a second-string India side to Zimbabwe for the proposed three ODIs and two T20Is. ODI captain MS Dhoni, Test captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav were rested for the tour.


Ravindra Jadeja was dropped. In his last 10 matches, starting with the World Cup, Jadeja took 10 wickets at 43.3 at an economy rate of 5.3, and scored 108 runs at an average of 18 and a strike rate of 85.03. Yadav found a place in the India A team that will be playing a triangular series at around the same time; Jadeja didn't. No specialist wicketkeeper was named in the 15-man squad, but there were three batsmen-wicketkeeper options in Robin Uthappa, Kedar Jadhav and Ambati Rayudu.


Harbhajan Singh, who made his Test comeback earlier this month, was picked to play in the limited-overs sides for the first time since he last played an ODI in 2011 and a T20 international in 2012. Axar Patel, who played the ODI series in Bangladesh, will be joined by legspinner Karn Sharma as the third spinner in the squad.


Squad changes for Zimbabwe tour

IN: M Vijay, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.


OUT: MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav.


M Vijay, specialist opener in Tests, was expected to partner Rahane at the top of the order. Apart from the three batsmen-wicketkeepers, Manish Pandey and Manoj Tiwary were the two other batsmen in the 15-man squad. Among medium-pacers Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma were retained, with Punjab's uncapped Sandeep Sharma joining them.


The selectors also named Cheteshwar Pujara captain of the India A squad for a home triangular series against Australia A and South Africa A, which begins on July 19. It will be Rahul Dravid's first series as coach of the India A side.


ODI squad: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), M Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Harbhajan Singh, Axar Patel, Karn Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.


India A squad: KL Rahul, Abhinav Mukund, Cheteshwar Pujara (capt), Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Naman Ojha, Vijay Shankar, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Shardul Thakur, Varun Aaron, Abhimanyu Mithun, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, B Aparajith


More to follow...



http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/892263.html
 
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