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| Sehwag dropped, Ganguly stages ODI |
| Sehwag dropped, Ganguly stages ODI comeback
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| INDIA
, 12-January-2007
9:43:15 AM |
| The prolonged form slump finally caught up with Virender Sehwag who was today sacked from the Indian one-day team for the first two cricket one-dayers against West Indies while Sourav Ganguly expectedly staged a comeback alongwith in-form all-rounder Joginder Sharma.
Wielding the axe on non-performers, the national selectors also dropped Irfan Pathan, Mohammad Kaif and Dinesh Mongia from the 15-member squad announced by BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah here.
The omission of Sehwag was on the cards given his poor form in recent times as the selectors effected as many as six changes in the one-day squad that toured South Africa recently.
Sehwag, was, however included in a provisional 30-member squad for the World Cup which also named today and included a host of youngsters like Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath, Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, Delhi paceman Ishant Sharma, Mumbai's Rohit Sharma and Rajesh Sharma.
Seasoned leg spinner Anil Kumble was "rested" for the first two one-dayers to be played in Nagpur (Jan 21) and Cuttack (Jan 24) but the selectors made it clear that he would be considered for the remaining matches.
Chief Selector Dilip Vengsarkar said Sehwag needed to sort out his batting in the nets before turning out for an international game.
"He has been out-of-form for a while. He needs to go back and sort out his batting. He is a fine player. I am sure that he will come back but I would like to say that he should go back to the nets and sort out his batting," Vengsarkar said.
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