Tendulkar rested for Bangladesh Tri-series

Sachin Tendulkar was rested while pacemen Ishamt Sharma and Praveen Kumar were dropped from India's 16-member squad for next month's Tri-series in Bangladesh.

Sachin Tendulkar was rested while pacemen Ishamt Sharma and Praveen Kumar were dropped from India’s 16-member squad for next month’s Tri-series in Bangladesh.

Temperamental speedster S Sreesanth,who missed the ODI series against Sri Lanka because of swine flu,and Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda were included in the ODI squad for the Tri-series announced by the BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan after a selection committee meeting here.

Ishant,who has been in poor form in recent times,was not only axed from the Tri-series squad but was also not included in the team for the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka here on Sunday.

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Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was also left out of the Tri-series squad with the national selectors preferring leg spinner Amit Mishra to share the spin bowling responsibilities with Harbhajan Singh.

Dashing left-hander Yuvraj Singh,who only played one match in the ODI series against Sri Lanka,has been named in the Tri-series squad which has no new face.

“Sachin Tendulkar desired to be rested for the Tri-series at Bangladesh. He will play the Tests against Bangladesh,” Srinivasan said in a BCCI press release issued tonight.

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