Indian Squad: Yuvraj named for Sri Lanka tour

India has announced the name of 16 players for the upcoming Test which will be taken place from 18 July in Sri Lanka. In the selected squad, Yuvraj Singh has been drowned his name which mean the committee has given another chance to show his performances. It should mention that the left-armed hard hitter batsman was dropped from the squad for is underprivileged role in last Twenty20 World and one-day internationals. It can tell easily that it is a consideration as salvation from the selector so that he would look forward.

It is an important issue why India has selected more spinners and three pacers. Condition of Sri Lanka weather would play a big role. Supporting bowlers in each sectors is important which causes to select Ishant Sharma and S. Sreesanth. At the same time Lankan condition suppose to be favorable for the spinners Amit Mishra, P.Ojha and Harbhajan Singh.

Ishant and Sreesanth, part of India's last Test squad, have gone through pretty ordinary times in limited-overs cricket since then, both in the IPL and while playing for India. More so because none of the alternatives tried in their absence have impressed enough. And Ashish Nehra is not willing to play Tests, while Praveen Kumar is strictly a limited-overs bowler.

Seniors have got extra priority to junior that is why Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman have been included in the squad instead of Dinesh Karthik and Bardrinath.

India will play a three days match against Colombo Jul 13-15. After a two days break, first Test will be started from 18 to 22 July at Galle. Rest of two Test will be played from 26 to 30 July and 3 to 7 August as well as SSC Ground and PSS Cricket Ground in Colombo.

India Squad for Sri Lanka tour: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & WK, Batsman), Virender Sehwag (Vice-Captain, Batsman and Spinner), Sachin Tendulkar (Batsman), Suresh Raina (Batsman and bowler), Wrindham Saha (batsman and WK), Gautam Gambhir (Batsman), Rahul Dravid (Batsnam), VVS Laxman (Batsman), Yuvraj Singh (left-handed spinner and batsman), Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth.

India vs Pakistan series 2007: Schedule, India Squad and Pakistan Squad

There is no doubt that India-Pakistan cricket match is more exciting than any other cricket matches in the world. I am supporting strongly on behalf my opinion because the people of both countries love cricket very much than the people of other country in the world. If you observe, you could determine easily that a largest number of cricket fans live in subcontinent. The fans do not remain limited only in India and Pakistan also other countries of the subcontinent. When India-Pakistan match inaugurate then the people of the subcontinent divided into two parts. So the schedule is important for all the fans. Another important and essential thing is the name of the players both the teams. Please see all the information below.

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India vs Pakistan ODI Schedule

Date	Teams and Match	Venue
Mon, Nov 05	India vs Pakistan, 1st ODI	Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
Thu, Nov 08	India vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI	Punjab CA. Stadium, Mohali
Sun, Nov 11	India vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI	Green Park, Kanpur
Thu, Nov 15	India vs Pakistan, 4th ODI	Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Sun, Nov 18	India vs Pakistan, 5th ODI	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

India vs Pakistan Test Schedule

Date

Teams and Match

Venue

Thu, Nov 22 - Mon, Nov 26	India vs Pakistan, 1st Test	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri, Nov 30 - Tue, Dec 04	India vs Pakistan, 2nd Test	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sat, Dec 08 - Wed, Dec 12	India vs Pakistan, 3rd Test	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

The series is most important for Indian team and Indian fans want that the team will beat Pakistan and will with the series. Last month India beat Pakistan and became Twenty20 champion. During that time, in India squad there were more new and inexperienced players. Although some top players have been added but the dependable batsman Dravid is not on the team.

Indian Squad for first two one-dayers: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik.

On the other hand, Pakistan will try to take the revenge of Twenty20 by winning the series in the host India. Pakistan has a very good record of winning along with Indian. Pakistan selection board also has brought some change too. The selection board has called Shoeb Akter for the team because he did well in home cricket. The iron man Inzamam ul Haque declared to take rest from international cricket during the home series against South Africa.

Pakistan ODI squad Shoaib Malik (capt), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed, Imran Nazir, Fawad Alam, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Iftikhar Anjum.