Tendulkar, Zaheer rested for WI tour by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	AM Nayar, SK Raina, Z Khan, SR Tendulkar, A Nehra
Event:	India in West Indies 2009

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DateLine: 17th June 2009

 

The Indian squad for the four-match ODI series in the Caribbean has been announced. As expected Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have been rested from the the short trip.

 

From the current team Suresh Raina is missing due to a hairline fracture on his thumb.

 

Fast bowler Ashish Nehra makes a comeback in the national side. He was brilliant for the Delhi Daredevils in this year's IPL and has been given a just reward. Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar also gets his maiden call-up to the national squad.

 

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