Champions Trophy 2009 – Indian Team Selected, Rahul Dravid surprise inclusion in ODI team

India on Monday included Rahul Dravid in the 30 member squad for the Champions Trophy in South Africa in September 2009. Rahul had been out of the ODI lineup for the past 2 years and the surprise inclusion by the board must have been due to the shortcoming of the young Indian team to tackle the short balls. India failed lately in the department. Also the move was inspired by Rahul Draivd’s good form in the recently concluded IPL 2009 which helped his team to reach the Finals.

The eight-nation Champions Trophy will be held from September 24 to October 5.




India squad for the ICC Knock out Champions Trophy:

M S Dhoni(C), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Nayar, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Munaf Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, Subramaniam Badrinath, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh.

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Indian Squad for upcoming tour of West Indies – IND v WI 4 ODI’s Tournament

India gears up for the upcoming West Indies series with the squad chosen for the series; The board has taken stride of the current scenario of injuries and retaining fresh mind and fresh talent for an international tournament like this. Inclusion of fresh minds like Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, Abhishek Nayar, Ravindra Jadeja, S Badrinath & Pragyan Ojha. A lot of young and skilled players in the team, that’s the change in the mind of Indian selectors.

After a miserable performance by the ruling World Champions of 20 20 World Cricket; India needs to leave aside all the bitterness and pain of losing the Champions title. India is recuperating mentally from the three consecutive losses in the Super Eight Group of World Cup

BCCI selectors has finalized on the following squad members for the upcoming West Indies tournament in West Indies.

Players: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, S Badrinath, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik

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