BCCI declares squad for Test series against SL; Yuvraj makes comeback

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Yuvraj Singh today returned to the Indian Test team for the away series against Sri Lanka later this month. Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar are also part of the squad. More... Indian squad for Test series against Sri Lanka; Yuvraj makes comeback Indo-Asian News Service Chennai, June 26, 2010 Yuvraj Singh on Saturday returned to the Indian Test team for the away series against Sri Lanka later this month. Subramaniam Badrinath was dropped as the selectors, who met here with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, otherwise retained the squad that did duty against the visiting South Africans earlier this year. India are to play three Tests against Sri Lankan July 18-22 (Galle), July 26-30 (Colombo, SSC ground) and Aug 3-7 (Colombo, PSS ground). The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, wicket-keeper), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, Suresh Raina, Pragyan Ojha, Murali Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper).

[Roshanrocks]

Saha instead of Karthik? :hmmm:

[Lord]

:WTF:why is he picked now.he was dropped from ODIs n picked in tests.clearly shows cheeka has no idea about selecting a team.this was excellent opportunity to blood Rohit in.hes looking in great touch.i hope Dhoni plays Raina over him.but its highly unlikely n wth is Buddhiman Baba doing in the team?

[DomainK]

Rohit > Yuvi in tests.

[Lord]

Rohit > Yuvi in tests.

agree

[bobbydhillon]

:cantstop::cantstop:

agree

let the *****ing and moaning start and people get thier panties wet lol:yay::yay:

[hatja_tau]

I think UV still deserves this shot!..maybe his last.. ..as for Saha, I mean wtf? ..for a back-up, IMHO a make-shift keeper is enuf..Utthapa anyone..gives an extra dimension!!!

[Lord]

I think UV still deserves this shot!..maybe his last.. ..as for Saha, I mean wtf? ..for a back-up, IMHO a make-shift keeper is enuf..Utthapa anyone..gives an extra dimension!!!

WE R TALKING TEST CRICKET:cantstop: Karthik shoul've been there

[hatja_tau]

However, facing the M&M's on turning wickets might be a huge challenge for UV!..let's see how he copes. I'd like to see Raina given a shot as well, probably in the third test, once we are ahead 2-0:dance:

[The Dark Horse]

chikka:finger:

[hari504504]

when will they finally realise that Yuvraj aka Bevan can't play test cricket

[Mr. Wicket]

:wall: :wall: :wall: You are freaking kidding me.

[Gunner_Mania]

Wriddiman Saha over Dinesh karthi :hysterical: and people complained that Srikanth had Southie bias. :hysterical: Its not one man, its the whole selection panel that is brainless. Why the feck cant they be asked to explain their Selection decisions? Sometimes I feel the Selection panel don't select the team but are just given the team and say that they have picked it.

[bobbydhillon]

Wriddiman Saha over Dinesh karthi :hysterical: and people complained that Srikanth had Southie bias. :hysterical: Its not one man' date=' its the whole selection panel that is brainless. Why the feck cant they be asked to explain their Selection decisions? Sometimes I feel the Selection panel don't select the team but are just given the team and say that they have picked it.[/quote'] :giggle::cantstop::yay:

[DomainK]

Well, now that he has been selected, he has my support and I hope he does well. Yuvi in full flow in a test match will be quite a sight.

[Gunner_Mania]

When do the test start?

[Andy]

Gimme a ****ing break. Saha over DK?

[Karan114]

Jesus ****ing Christ, what the hell are these moronic selectors playing at? Saha over Karthik again? It almost makes the decision to select Yuvraj after axing him for the ODI series look sensible.

[The Outsider]

Saha is a good choice for a reserve wicket keeper - this is test cricket and we cannot have goalkeepers like Karthik and Parthiv keeping in a test match. Anyone still remember the horror the duo combined to give on our last tour to Sri Lanka? Moreover, Saha is not a bad batsman at all - he did reasonably well on his debut as a batsman against a rampaging Steyn. Karthik has become a waste in the name of a wicket keeper and only supporters of Kamran Akmal would hanker to select him in a test for his supposed batting, where he attempts a reverse sweep off Murali on a turning pitch in a test! Yuvraj is an ambiguous choice, but again not something to get too concerned about. He was given the 'drop' treatment like Sehwag was a couple of years back and hopefully will put him back in shape for the series. Overall, its the best test squad to have been picked and for a change the selectors have done a good job. Vijay and Raina as reserve batsmen are also good choices though I would have preferred Sharma or Kohli over Raina.

[diegovegaz]

pretty good overall, bowling looks strong the selectors repeating the same mistake of saha over kaarthick expected vijay to make it, despite his poor show (thanks to cheeka)