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Indian Board President's XI v Australia at Hyderabad (Decc) - Oct 2-5, 2008

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Yuvraj Singh, who was overlooked for the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy, will captain the Board President's XI in a four-day warm-up match against the Australians in Hyderabad, starting October 2. The squad also includes fast bowler Sreesanth, who missed the tour of Sri Lanka because of injury, and opener Wasim Jaffer, who lost his place in Test side to Gautam Gambhir. Aakash Chopra, not selected for India A's matches against Australia A, makes a comeback. This move could mean Yuvraj's return to the Test fold. Since 2006, he has played 13 Tests - four in the last two years - and has averaged 29.42 with two centuries. Jaffer, Ashok Dinda and Pragyan Ojha also make their way towards national reckoning since they are part of Irani Trophy and Board President's squads. Apart from Ojha, Saurashtra bowler Rakesh Dhurv is the other left-arm spinner in the squad. Dhurv took 23 wickets at 21.56 from eight Ranji Trophy games last season. Sreesanth and Irfan Pathan will lead the bowling attack along with Manpreet Gony and Pankaj Singh. Meanwhile Dinesh Karthik has fallen off the national radar by neither making it to the Board President's squad nor the India A squad for the two Tests against New Zealand. Wriddhiman Saha, the Bengal wicketkeeper, has made the cut instead. Suresh Raina will lead the India A side now that S Badrinath has been called up to the Rest of India squad as a replacement for Sachin Tendulkar. Jaydev Shah, the Saurashtra captain, has been picked as Raina's deputy after a successful series in Israel. Board President's squad Yuvraj Singh (capt), S Badrinath, Wasim Jaffer, Aakash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli Parthiv Patel (wk), Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Yogesh Takawale, Rakesh Dhurv. India ASuresh Raina (capt) Jaydev Shah, M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Sahil Kukreja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sudeep Tyagi, Amit Mishra, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohnish Parmar.

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Sreesanth ruled out of Board match The fast bowler who had been undergoing through a rehabilitation program at NCA, has an injury to lower left back! More... Sreesanth ruled out of Board match Anand Vasu THE NEWLY-FORMED selec- tion committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, un- der the leadership of K. Srikkanth, has its first chal- lenge barely 24 hours after the 79th Annual General Meeting of the board appointed five men as paid selectors. 29_09_2008_022_006_011.jpg Fast bowler S.Sreesanth has been ruled out from the Board President's XI team, which is set to play the touring Australians in a four-day match beginning October 2 in Hyderabad. This time it is an injury to the lower left back that puts the fast bowler out of action. Sreesanth, who has been undergoing a thorough rehabilitation program at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore since the first week of September, has shown signs of improvement, but he recently experienced a recurrence of pain and stiffness when bowling in the nets. Sreesanth underwent a CT scan on his lower back and was looked at by orthopaedic specialist Dr Khincha. While the scan showed there was no "bone abnormality or fracture" persistent stiffness has caused Vaibhav Daga, a physiotherapist at the NCA to submit in writing to the BCCI that the "player has not made a full recovery from the injury and is unavailable for the Board President's XI match against Aus tralia from 2/10/08." The report, a copy of which is with HT, adds Sreesanth will have to undergo a further two weeks of rehabilitation before his "match play fitness" can be reviewed. Sreesanth was undergoing manual therapy besides ice management, being given muscle relaxants and NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal AntiInflammatory Drug), the report adds. This latest setback means that Sreesanth will not be available for selection for the first Test, beginning in Bangalore on October 9. The board is yet to decide when the selection committee will meet to pick the team for the Tests against Australia, with Shashank Manohar, the president, only indicating that N. Srinivasan, as secretary, would convene a meeting in due course. Sreesanth played the last of his 14 Tests against South Africa in April 2008, where he picked up 1 for 41 from 20 overs. anand.vasu@hindustantimes.com

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He definitely needs to be out of the Indian team -- Injury or no! Sreesanth alongwith Yuvraj give me the impression of taking their place in the team for granted. Sreesanth is going Yuvi's way in the list of "wasted talents".

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