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India team for 3rd and 4th test against Australia
Out-of-form Virender Sehwag has been dropped from India Test squad for
the final two Tests against Australia. The selectors on Thursday
retained the rest of the 14 players while there was no replacement named
for Sehwag.
India lead the four-match series 2-0. The third Test
starts from March 14 in Mohali. Fourth and final Test is in Delhi from
March 22.
Sehwag has been struggling not only in this series but in
the last 9 innings. Since his century against England in Ahmedabad late
last year, he has not scored a fifty. In the current series, he has just
27 runs (2, 19, 6) in three innings.
The 34-year-old Delhi batsman
was dropped from India One Day International team earlier this year for
the home series against England.
Harbhajan Singh has been retained despite being not impressive in the
first two Tests and the wait continues for Gautam Gambhir for a
comeback.
In Sehwag's absence, India will have a new opener in
Mohali. Either Shikhar Dhawan or Ajinkya Rahane will partner Murali
Vijay. Both Dhawan and Rahane are yet to play a Test.
India squad:
MS Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara,
Sachin Tendulkar, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, R
Ashwin, Ashok Dinda.
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