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Kumble back in team

April 12, 2005 20:04 IST
Last Updated: April 12, 2005 20:25 IST


Rahul Dravid has been named captain for the last two one-dayers against Pakistan in place of Sourav Ganguly, who was banned for six limited-overs matches because of slow over-rate during the fourth One-Day International in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

The Board of Control Cricket in India, which announced a 15-member squad for the last two matches, gave Ganguly's place in the side to Tamil Nadu's S Sriram while Anil Kumble was named in place of Irfan Pathan.

Leg-spinner Kumble missed the first two one-dayers due to injury while he was not considered for selection for the next two matches.

Virender Sehwag has been named as Dravid's deputy for the remaining matches of the series, to be held in Kanpur on Friday and Delhi on Sunday.

The team: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, M S Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, S Sriram, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Karthik, Ashish Nehra, L Balaji, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar.


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Sub: captain selection

I am felt bad the dession was taken of appointing Dravid as captain for 2 matches. The BCCI might select any other person for captain. ...


Posted by RAGHUNATH BHATT





Sub: What a better way to get out of the team

Saurav thinks and he thinks hard. He very well planned his exit from the team (atleast the series). Any decisions from selection committee and Sauravs ...


Posted by cheez_m





Sub: Ridiculous to drop Irfan..

Dropping Irfan is a horrendous decision.. What will it do to his confidence? Just a few months back, he was the best paceman in the ...


Posted by Ramki





Sub: Is it Blessing in disguise

Could this well be a blessing in disguise for India. We can get in a batsman who can really score runs. And a captain who ...


Posted by Deepak K





Sub: Laxman???

I was watching the century that Laxman scored against australia on TV only today morning. Wonder what wrong he has done that Sriram has to ...


Posted by ramki




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