NEW DELHI: Prolific left-hander Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to Team India's one-day squad for the forthcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka, while Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir have been rested, the BCCI announced on Saturday (July 31).
The BCCI selection committee led by Krish Srikkanth met in Mumbai to pick the 15-member squad for the tri-series, featuring India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The series will be played in the island nation from August 10 to 28.
Spinner Ravichndra Ashwin and batsman Sourabh Tiwary, currently in the Indian team for the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia, have also received an India call-up. Their places for the tournament down under will be taken up by Ashok Dinda and Manish Pandey.
Abhimanyu Mithun, who has show some class in the Sri Lanka Test series, has replaced Zaheer Khan.
Squad:
MS Dhoni (Captain), Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha and Saurabh Tiwary.
