The left handed Gautam Gambhir, who had been dropped from the
Test team, finds himself in the list which has a number of youngsters like
Madhya Pradesh all-rounder Jalaj Saxena, Punjab pacer Siddharth Kaul,
Maharashtra middle order batsman Kedar Jadhav and MP pacer Ishwar Yadav.
Both Sehwag and
Harbhajan's axing did not come as a surprise since both have been out of form
for quite a long time.While Sehwag, who is also currently sitting injured on
the Delhi Daredevils bench, was dropped from the squad for the third and fourth
Test against Australia because of a prolonged form slump, Harbhajan managed to
retain his Test place but failed to earn a spot in the playing eleven.
Gambhir, who was ignored for the entire Test series against
Australia, kept himself in reckoning by making it to 30-men list which will be
pruned down to 15 a month before the tournament.
Shikhar Dhawan's century
on his debut Test in Mohali has put him in the reckoning to return to the ODI
squad as apart from Gambhir, he and Murali Vijay are the other two openers in
the list.
There are three
wicket-keepers in the list with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha
and Dinesh Karthik getting the preference.
Fit-again Umesh Yadav
and troubled pacer Praveen Kumar, who was banned by the BCCI for a short period
earlier this year period for misconduct during a Corporate Trophy match, have
also been included among the probables.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra
has also been included while left-arm spinner Ojha has been left out of the
list as he is seen more as a Test bowler.
Among the notable
domestic performers who have got a call for the camp are Jammu and Kashmir
all-rounder Rasool, who took seven Australian wickets for the Board President's
XI, Indian Under-19 World Cup winning team captain Unmukt Chand.
Madhya Pradesh fast
bowler Ishwar Pandey and all-rounder Jalaj Saxena, Punjab pacer Sidharth Kaul
and Maharashtra middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav have also been included in
the list of probables because of their good showing in the domestic circuit.
Probables List for
Champions Trophy: Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Unmukt Chand,
Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Ajinkya
Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha,
Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Jalaj
Saxena, Parveez Rasool, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok, Dinda, Umesh
Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Irfan Pathan, R Vinay Kumar, Preveen Kumar, Ishwar
Pandey, Sidharth Kaul.
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