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Dec 28, 2005

The BCCI has ordered the Indian squad to go into two different batches for the Pakistan tour. The first batch consists of twelve players with Rahul Dravid and Greg Chappell going in the first batch. These twelve players along with the coach Greg Chappell, Manager Raj Singh Dungarpur and the support staff would depart to Lahore on the 5th of January. The 12 players would take part in the 3-day warm up match against Pakistan A at the Bagh-e-Jinnah Ground in Lahore which begins on the 7th. The remaining four players – Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble and Parthiv Patel have been asked by the Board to play their respective Ranji Trophy matches for their states which begin on January 3. All these four players would reach Lahore on the 7th. The Chairman of Selectors Kiran More was upset that Sourav Ganguly had missed the last two rounds of the Ranji Trophy for his state Bengal. Sourav got a letter from the BCCI asking him about his absence for the two matches for which the former skipper gave the reason of having prior family commitments. The Board has been insisting all its players to be match fit with the exception of skipper Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar who have been asked to rest by the physio.
 

Indian Squad : Rahul Dravid (Captain), Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S.Laxman, Yuvraj Singh,  Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicket Keeper), Parthiv Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh

 

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