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Ganguly loses
Test Captaincy to Dravid |
Nov
22, 2005
 Sourav
Ganguly has lost Test Captaincy to Rahul Dravid
as the latter was appointed as the Skipper for
the 3-Tests Series against Sri Lanka. The team
for the last 2 ODIs against South Africa and the
Test Squad for the Sri Lanka Series would be
picked tomorrow. The 1st Test between India and
Sri Lanka begins on the 2nd December at the
Chepauk, M.A.Chidamabaram Stadium, Chennai.
Meanwhile the Selectors have named the Board
President'XI squad that would play a 3-day match
against Sri Lanka at Bangalore. Middle order
find Y.Venugopal Rao has been named as the
Captain of that side. The Selectors have gone in
for a young side by picking up Dheeraj Jadhav,
Shikhar Dhawan, Robin Uthappa and others.
Parthiv Patel finds a place in the squad too.
Board President's XI Squad :
Y.Venugopal Rao (Captain),
Dheeraj Jadhav, Shikhar Dhawan,
Robin Uthappa,
Sridharan Sriram,
Niraj Patel,
Parthiv Patel (Wicket Keeper),
Munaf Patel,
Kulamani
Parida,
Amit Mishra,
Gagandeep Singh,
Ranadeb Bose
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