The Indian selectors have chosen Ajinkya Rahane as the captain for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin will be rested. Harbhajan Singh is back to the ODI team. The request to be rested came from the players, said chief selector Sandeep Patil.
The national selectors met in Delhi to pick the squad. The tour which was initially had a doubt after BCCI’s problems with the host broadcaster was given the go-ahead after BCCI officials met with Zimbabwe Cricket officials on the sidelines of the ICC conference in Barbados earlier this week.
Team Director Ravi Shastri already cited his unavailability for the tour. Chief selector Sandeep Patil confirmed that Ravindra Jadeja had been dropped. The squad consists of a lot of players who are making a comeback to the ODI side and the selectors have rewarded the likes of Robin Uthappa and Murali Vijay for some consistent performances in the domestic circuit.
India Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Murali Vijay, Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Harbhajan Singh, Axar Patel, Karn Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma
India are set to play three ODIs and two T20s in Zimbabwe starting July 10.
The India ‘A’ squad has also been picked for the tri-series against Australia ‘A’ and South Africa ‘A’ and Cheteshwar Pujara was named captain.
