Indian teams for the tour of Australia were announced on Saturday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with Yuvraj Singh making a comeback. The selectors surprised everyone by picking the old guards like Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra, and also by giving chances to youngsters who have performed well in domestic circuit like Brainder Sran and Hardik Pandya.
Two separate teams of 15 members each were picked for the tour, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni retaining his position as the skipper for both the outfits.
Here are the teams:
ODI: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya
Rahane, Manish Pandey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(C), Ravichandran Ashwin,
Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav,
Gurkeerat Maan, Rishi Dhawan, Brainder Sran
T20: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya
Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(C), Suresh Raina,
Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Harbhajan Singh,
Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra
The tour comprises five ODIs and three T20 Internationals to be
played between January 12 and 31 at Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne,
Canberra, Sydney (ODIs), Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney (T20Is).
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