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Indian
Team arrives in Lahore |
Jan
6, 2005
The Rahul Dravid led Indian team arrived in
Lahore yesterday night with their flight's
departure being delayed by about 4 hours. Twelve
players and 10 support staff arrived in Lahore
with the remaining 4 players Vice-Captain
Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and
Parthiv Patel to join them after finishing their
respecting Ranji Trophy encounters. Dravid's men
would kick start this 46-day grueling tour by
playing a 3-day warm up match against Pakistan A
at the Bagh-e-jinnah ground in Lahore. Tight
security has been provided to the tourists with
about 500 police and commandoes providing the
security cover during the team's travel from the
air port to their hotel. Meanwhile 18 Pakistani
probables have started their training camp under
the watchful eyes of Bob Woolmer in Lahore. The
1st Test Match begins on the 13th of this month
at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
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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