Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket

[DesiChap]

Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket PTI DHAKA, May 11: Five Indians, including Sachin Tendulkar, were on Friday named in the 14-member Asian One-day cricket team for the Afro-Asian Cup to be held in India in June. Other Indians in the Mahela Jayawardene-led team are Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh, Asian Cricket Council chief executive Ashraful Haq announced here. Besides the five Indians, an equal number of Sri Lankans were also included with paceman Chaminda Vaas, 2007 World Cup sensation Lasitha Malinga, veteran Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga in the team. Pakistan will be represented by controversial fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif and star batsman Mohammad Yousuf in the three-match ODI series to be played in Bangalore on June 6 and in Chennai on June 9 and 10. Mohammad Rafique will be the sole Bangladeshi in the team. Earlier, South African skipper Graeme Smith was appointed captain of the Africa team and Steve Tikolo, one of four Kenyans in the squad, was made his deputy. Only two Zimbabweans feature in the squad, perhaps not surprising given the current stake of their national side. The tournament was first played in August 2005 in South Africa, ending in a 1-1 draw with one match being washed out. Teams: Asia: Mahela Jayawardene (SL, Capt), Sanath Jayasuriya (SL), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind), Harbhajan Singh (Ind), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shoaib Akhtar (Pak), Lasitha Malinga (SL), Mohammad Rafique (B'desh), Mohammad Asif (Pak) and Upul Tharanga (SL). Africa squad: Graeme Smith (SA), Steve Tikolo (Ken), Johan Botha (SA), Mark Boucher (SA), Elton Chigumbura (Zim), AB de Villiers (SA), Herchelle Gibbs (SA), Andrew Hall (SA), Jacques Kallis (SA), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Thomas Odoyo (Ken), Peter Ongondo (Ken), Shaun Pollock (SA), Vusi Sibanda (Zim), Hiren Varaiya (Ken).

[Chandan]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket Sachin Tendulkar?? Why? :mad: I hope he takes his name back and they bring Tamim in his place! Why has Murali not been chosen?

[zubinpepsi]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket tamim?????? but zaheer is not in african team... to bring in this ar$e in the asian ODI is too much to ask for.. comeon...

[veer]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket what is the purpose of this tournament? :shrug:

[doubt]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket dravid opted out younus, sangakkara and murali are busy with county assignments

[yoda]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket if there ever was a meaningless tournament, this has to be the one.

[Predator_05]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket

what is the purpose of this tournament? :shrug:

[kabira]

Re: Five Indians in Asia team for Afro-Asia Cup cricket I want Sachin to skip this and instead go to England and play some cricket. I am sure Scotland or Ireland will hire him...