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Munaf into the One Day Squad; Venu makes a
comeback |
March 22, 2006
 India's
latest bowling star Munaf Musa Patel has been
included in the 15-man squad to face England in
the first three ODIs. Andhra Skipper Y.Venugopal
Rao returns to the side after being dropped for
two One Day Series after the Sri Lanka series.
Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Powar have retained
their spots. India have two offies in their
squad with Harbhajan and Ramesh Powar and there
is no place for left arm spinner Murali Kartik.
Despite Sachin Tendulkar being ruled out due to
his shoulder injury neither Sourav Ganguly nor
VVS Laxman were even considered. India has had a
good record in the One Dayers of late winning 12
out of their last 16 matches. The first India
Versus England ODI begins on March 28 at Delhi.
India ODI Squad for the first three ODIs :
Rahul Dravid (Captain),
Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain),
Gautam Gambhir,
Yuvraj Singh,
Mohammad Kaif, Suresh
Raina,
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicket Keeper),
Y.Venugopal Rao,
Harbhajan Singh,
Ramesh Powar,
Irfan Pathan,
Ajit Agarkar,
Munaf Patel,
Rudra Pratap Singh,
Sreesanth
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