India in South Africa 2010-11

India at full strength

for South Africa
ODIs
ESPNcricinfo staff
December 21, 2010
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India have named a full-strength squad
for the ODI and Twenty20 series in South
Africa, which is their last international
limited-overs assignment before the
2011 World Cup begins in February.
Piyush Chawla, the legspinner, is the only
new name in the 16-man list, having
played an ODI last in 2008. Ravindra
Jadeja has been left out of the team while
Yusuf Pathan, who impressed during the
home series against New Zealand, has
been retained. Piyush Chawla, who last played an ODI in 2008, is back© AFP

The squad comprises six batsmen, Enlarge

wicketkeeper MS Dhoni, allrounder Yusuf

and eight bowlers - five quicks and three Related Links
Players/Officials: Piyush Chawla
spinners, including R Ashwin, who's Series/Tournaments: India tour of South Africa
followed up his success in the IPL and the Teams: India
Champions League with strong performances in ODIs. Ishant Sharma, who hasn't played ODIs
since the trip to Sri Lanka in August, was also left out of the mix.

Sachin Tendulkar, who has opted out of one-day matches since his 200 against South Africa in
Gwalior this February, will return to the format and partner Virender Sehwag at the top in order
to get match practice in the lead-up to the World Cup.

The other players who've featured in ODIs for India in the recent past but haven't been picked,
following the return of the big names, are batsmen Rohit Sharma and Saurabh Tiwary.

Squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli,
Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar,
Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, S Sreesanth.
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