The Team India for Champion Trophy and Tri Series has been announced. Earlier, the selection committee, headed by Krishnamachari Srikkanth met at the Chidambaram Stadium, on Sunday, to pick the squad. Selection committee went by fitness and performance of the players in recent past.
Great wall of indian cricket team Rahul Dravid is back to oneday squad after a long gap (after 2007 October).Dravid came in because of his good form showcased recently and Shewag out probably because of the fitness factors. Amit Mishra was included in place of left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha,
The Squad: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar .
This squad will play Indian will play September 8-14 tri-series in Sri Lanka. Also the team would continue for September 22-October 5 Champions Trophy.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday applauded the decision of the national selectors to bring back Dravid. He also added that its the form which proved, and age is not a factor in game.
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