India's Squad vs Sri Lanka Announced

Sachin Tendulkar opted himself out of the 5 ODI Series and One-Off T20 vs Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka starting on July 21. The selectors decided to send a 15 member squad for the series which included 8 batsman, 3 spinners and 4 pacers. Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan were back in the ODI Squad after missing the Asia Cup. Irfan Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja could not make the cut as both were quite unimpressive in the Asia Cup and IPL. Ajinkya Rahane got his reward for his superb show in the IPL and is on the trip to Sri Lanka. Harbhajan Singh, who was just signed by Essex for the County season, was not considered for the tour as R. Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha and Rahul Sharma were the 3 spinners selected for the tour. After the selection meeting, Kris Srikkanth said that he expects the team to do well in Sri Lanka and that India will be a powerful force in the recent future. Here is the list of the players who will be on the flight to Sri Lanka.

INDIA’S SQUAD VS SRI LANKA
Virender SEHWAG	Batsman
Gautam GAMBHIR	Batsman
Ajinkya RAHANE	Batsman
Virat KOHLI (VC)	Batsman
ROHIT Sharma	Batsman
Suresh RAINA	Batsman
Manoj TIWARY	Batsman
Mahendra Singh DHONI (C)	Batsman/WK
Ravichandran ASHWIN	Bowler
Pragyan OJHA	Bowler
RAHUL Sharma	Bowler
ZAHEER Khan	Bowler
Umesh YADAV	Bowler
Irfan PATHAN	All-Rounder
Ashok DINDA	Bowler