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Wasim Jaffer to
lead Rest of India; No place for Ganguly |
 Former
Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly has failed to
impress the new Chairman of the Selection
Committee, Dilip Vengsarkar as the former hasn't
found a place in the Rest of India Squad for the
44th Zal Irani Trophy. Ganguly had failed to
perform with the bat in the two innings he got
to play in the just concluded NKP Salve
Challenger Trophy. According to Vengsarkar, the
Challenger Trophy wasn't the last opportunity
for Sourav and the doors aren't shut for him.
Rest of India plays Uttar Pradesh in a five-day
encounter at Nagpur starting on the 9th. India's
Test Opener Wasim Jaffer has been named as the
Captain of Rest of India.
 Upcoming
youngsters Robin Uthappa, S Badrinath and Rohit
Sharma make it among the batsmen while
Hyderabad's chinaman bowler, Pragyan Ojha finds
a place in the squad as well along with India
U19 medium pacer Yo Mahesh. Dinesh Kartik
through his explosive performances in the
Challenger Trophy has edged out Parthiv Patel
for the wicket keeper's berth. The pace
department has Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Vikram
Singh along with Yo Mahesh while Murali Kartik,
Bengal offie Lahiri and Ojha are the spinners.
VVS Laxman has failed to find a place in the
squad as he is nursing a hamstring injury which
had ruled him out of the Challenger Series.
Interestingly this is only the first Irani
Trophy match for Uttar Pradesh as it was only
last season that they had won their first ever
Ranji Trophy Championship.
Rest of India :
Wasim Jaffer
(Captain), Y.
Venugopal Rao,
Robin Uthappa,
Gautam Gambhir,
S. Badrinath, Dinesh
Karthik (Wicket Keeper),
Vikram Singh,
S. Sreesanth,
Zaheer Khan,
Murali Kartik,
Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Sourashish Lahiri,
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
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