January 19, 2009

Singh off and Jadeja-Praveen returns for squad Sri Lanka tour

India is all set to tour Sri Lanka with the 15 men squad. In the declared squad, two new faces are flashing. One is Ravindra Jadeja and other is Praveen Kumar. During the England tour of India, the two young stars were deducted from that squad. Now, the selection committee calls up Medium-pacer Praveen Kumar and middle order batsman Ravindra Jadeja. 

Harbhajan Singh has been ruled out of the upcoming series due to injury, but the spinner is expected to attend with the team in the middle of tour. To fill the gap of the upcoming tour left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been included but he could off after Harbhajan Singh attend the team. In the last ODI along with England he just sacked one wicket. 

Ravindra Jadeja, the left-handed batsman showed an eye-catching performance in the domestic cricket Ranji Trophy. His contribution in the u-19 World Cup Cricket and in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL T20) on behalf of Rajasthan Royals impressed everyone. 

Praveen Kumar, the medium pace bowler who played Uttar Pradesh side in the Ranji Trophy. The selectors are thinking positively about him for the last CB Series in Australia

The ODI series will be taken place on 28 January 2008. The matches will be continue till 10 February. 

India squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Pragyan Ojha.