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Yuvraj out, Binny and Aaron in for New Zealand tour

  •   Tue, Dec 31 2013 03:32:06 PM

Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS): India's cricket selectors Tuesday dropped Yuvraj Singh and picked rookie all-rounder Stuart Binny and pacer Varun Aaron in the 16-member ODI side for the tour to New Zealand starting Jan 19.

India will be playing five ODIs and two Test matches during the month-long series that will be held from Jan 19 to Feb 18.

Rohit Sharma retained his place in the Test side despite his woeful performance in the two Tests in South Africa while left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was dropped. Pacer Ishwar Pandey is the only new face in the Test side.

The five ODIs will be held at Napier (Jan 19), Hamilton (Jan 22 and Jan 28), Auckland (Jan 25) and Wellington (Jan 31). The two Tests will be hosted by Auckland (Feb 6-10) and Wellington (Feb 14-18).

Squads:
ODIs: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron.

Test series: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Ishwar Pandey.

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  • sam, hyderabad -india

    Tue, Dec 31 2013

    You should Ishant Sharma he is useless in the squared, and rest of the team member who have not performed well have to give performance notice / warning in the just concluded Tour of south Affric, Indian time is like a play card if one out all will out in just 50 runs

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