Yuvraj Singh and Pragyan Ojha have been included in the 15-man squad for the two-Test series against England. Tamil Nadu's M Vijay, who debuted in the final Test against Australia last month, and S Badrinath have been retained for the series, scheduled to start in Chennai on December 11.
Yuvraj made two consecutive match-winning hundreds (138* and 118) against England in the first two ODIs of the seven-match series, and also picked up a four-wicket haul in Indore. Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of selectors, had said that he saw Yuvraj as the front-runner to take Sourav Ganguly's slot.
Yuvraj has had an inconsistent run in Test cricket, having played just 23 matches for 1050 runs since his debut five years ago. However, he has been a mainstay for India in one-day cricket having piled up 6466 runs in 222 matches. It has now been confirmed that Yuvraj is Ganguly's Test replacement.
Ojha, who toured Sri Lanka with the Test team this summer but has yet to make his debut, replaced RP Singh, who had an indifferent ODI series against England. There are no other changes to the bowling line-up
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, M Vijay, Yuvraj Singh, Pragyan Ojha
Afraid of Bomb attack?!! or Indian's form of Cricket..All of the players afraid are the ones not in the form...May be afraid of being thrown out of the team ?
The only way to sustain terrorism is mutually affected countries like India,England,Israel,USA,Thailand & especially non-muslim coutries shud show their strength by playing games,tourism & eventually a joint commando force to uproot these b..............
Last yr there was an explosion at Glassgow in Ireland' near the hotel in which d Indians were staying...Evn then they continued d series....Dnt English players remember dat... sum1 needs 2 tell them d story bout d man who did not used 2 get out of his house fearing dat sum accident mightkill him & locked himself in a room...Finally he ended up dead by a painting falling on his head...
I don't seem to recollect. In 2005, there was a coordinated bombing in the underground train system of some European city. Can Dominik Cork please refresh my memory?
England was trailing 0-5 when the series was called off. They were no match to the Indian team. Now instead of getting humiliated in Test Series they are prefering to stay away.
England was trailing 0-5 when the series was called off. They were no match to the Indian team. Now instead of getting humiliated in Test Series they are prefering to stay away.
