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Sehwag to return to action for Irani Cup
by CricketArchive Staff Reporter


Player:V Sehwag

DateLine: 16th September 2009

 

Swashbuckling Indian opener Virender Sehwag will return to action for the Irani Cup and will lead the Rest of India team in the October 1 to 5 tournament.

 

Sehwag, who is currently recovering from a shoulder injury, missed the tri-series in Sri Lanka due to the injury, will have S Badrinath as his deputy.

 

The All India Senior Selection Committee also announced the teams for the October 8 to 11 Challenger Series, featuring India Red, India Green and India Blue.

 

While India Red would be led by Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina will captain India Green.

 

A star-studded India Blue will have national skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the helm. The team has India regulars Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh in it.

 

The selection panel also announced that opener Gautam Gabhir's fitness for the Champions Trophy, starting September 22, would be assessed on Thursday.

 

The Teams

 

Rest of India: Virender Sehwag (Capt), Wriddiman Saha (wk), M Vijay, S Sreesanth, S Badrinath (Vice Capt), Munaf Patel, Virat Kohli, Pragyan Ojha, Manoj Tiwari, Kedar Jadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Abhinav Mukund, Irfan Pathan, Uday Kaul, Sudeep Tyagi

 

Challenger Series:

 

India Red: Yuvraj Singh (Capt), Wriddiman Saha (wk), M Vijay, R Ashwin, Sunny Sohail, Sudeep Tyagi, Shikhar Dhawan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Jaggi, S S Tiwari, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvanesh Kumar, H Khadiwale

 

India Green: Suresh Raina (Capt), Irfan Pathan, A Rahane, Parthiv Patel (wk), Tanmay Srivastava, S K Jakati, Ravi Inder Singh, L Balaji, Manoj Tiwari, Dhawal Kulkarni, S Badrinath, Pankaj Singh, Chetanya Nanda, Uday Kaul

 

India Blue: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt), Yusuf Pathan, Sachin Tendulkar, Naman Ojha, Wasim Jaffer, Harbhajan Singh, Jalaj Saxena, S K Trivedi, Suresh Kumar, S Sreesanth, Kedar Jadav, Ashok Dinda, Abhishek Nayar, A S Goswami.

 


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