Senior Players Out of ODI???

Senior players Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman are out of Common Bank ODI Series. India, Australia and Sri Lanka triangular ODI series starts on February 2008.

Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman continue to be sidelined from the one-day side, while batsman Suresh Raina has been included for the first time since January 2007.


Instead Shewag, Dinesh Karthick, Suresh Raina and Praveen Kumar have been given opportunity to prove their skills. Recently, Shewag played a key role against Aussies in the 3rd Test match.

Shewag have been given a chance. Dinesh Karthick performed well against England in England. Suresh Raina, the in-form player batted brilliantly in domestic cricket matches.

India Squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Yuvraj Singh, S Tendulkar, V Sehwag, P Kumar, R Uthappa, I Pathan, S Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir, RP Singh, I Sharma, R Sharma, S Raina, D Karthik, P Chawla.

The 16-man team will first face Australia in an international Twenty20 match on February 1, two days before opening the triangular series against the hosts in Brisbane.