Indian selectors have announced the
Indian team for the tour of Bangladesh and 18 player’s squad for the
tour of England on Wednesday. India will tour Bangladesh for a 3-ODI series
before their departure for England. All three games will be schedule at Dhaka
on June 15, 17 and 19.
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For Bangladesh's tour selectors has
decided to rest some players (MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra
Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar). Suresh Raina has got a chance to captain the side
on this tour. While some players are rested some get a chance to come back in
team. Robin Uthappa, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny are few
players who are despite having a good run in domestic and in IPL failed cement
their position in team.
India will leave for England on
June, 22, 2014 and first match will be starts on July, 09, 2014. After 5-0
drubbing in England last time Indian team going there with only three players
who had experience of playing in fast and bouncy English pitches. Gautam
Gambhir is one of the players who have an experience of playing in those
conditions. But the point to be remembered here is that he is making a comeback
in team. He was played his last test in 2012 in England. The other two are MS
Dhoni and Ishant Sharma.
The selector has included seven
seamers and Wriddhiman Saha as reserve wicket-keeper for skipper MS Dhoni. The
squad includes three players, seamers Pankaj Singh, Ishwar Pandey and Stuart
Binny, who have no Test match experience.
One more name whose name was widely
in consideration was Zaheer Khan. He is India's most experienced new ball
bowler with 311 wickets in 92 Tests, but he was not considered after missing a
major part of the ongoing Indian Premier League due to a hamstring injury.
Team for Bangladesh: Suresh Raina (C), Robin Uthappa, Ajinkya Rahane,
Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Wriddhiman Saha,
Parvez Rasool, Akshar Patel, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Stuart Binny, Mohit
Sharma, Amit Mishra
Team for England: MS Dhoni (C), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishwar Pandey, Ishant Sharma, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh
Team for England: MS Dhoni (C), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishwar Pandey, Ishant Sharma, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh
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