| Player: | RS Dravid, S Tyagi |
| Event: | Australia in India 2009/10 |
DateLine: 15th October 2009
India middle-order mainstay Rahul Dravid has been dropped for the first two ODI's against Australia, while uncapped fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi has found a place.
In a 15-man squad announced in Chennai, RP Singh and Yusuf Pathan were not able to maintain their place in the side. The duo have been seen struggling with their form recently. Their places were taken by Tyagi and Ravindra Jadeja.
Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, having recovered from injuries, are back.
India squad MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Sudeep Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar.