Sehwag also said that he had been hit on the helmet many times but batsmen had an option to duck down.
The team includes 12 umpires from the elite panel and 8 umpires from the international panel of ICC umpires.
Robin Peterson has been called up in place of the injured Dane Piedt and ahead of Imran Tahir.
According to the revised schedule, Australia and England will now play the first match of the series on Jan 16.
The Sri Lankan board said in a statement that Ashan Priyanjan has been added to the squad for the match.
Gayle has not featured on the international stage since September in the home series against Bangladesh.
The reshuffle of the India series was announced late on Monday with the Adelaide match now the first of the four Tests.
Despite the first Test being pushed back, it is still not clear whether Clarke will play the rescheduled game at Adelaide.
The national selection committee had already appointed Virat Kohli as captain for first Test.
Cricket Australia issues new schedule; first Test from December 9, Brisbane to host the second; India get a warmup game.
A day after the world paid tribute to Hughes, Pakistan's Shehzad speaks on how he got away from the harm's way.
Patel scored an unbeaten 64 against South Zone on Monday.
Srinivasan has been facing the co'rt's criticism over his stake in the Chennai Super Kings, although he was the BCCI chief.
Mahmudullah hit 10 boundaries in his 55-ball knock to record his 11th career half century and second in succession for Bangladesh.
Taijul became 1st bowler to take hat-trick on debut as B'desh dismiss Zim for 128 before claiming win.
Chasing 315, West were struggling at 174/6 when Yadav (80 off 56) and Patel (64* off) got together.
The public will get a chance to attend the warm-up matches, which will be ticketed but free of charge.
Asked what was Dhoni's role in India Cements, Srinivasan once again curtly said that why should he tell?
Haddon was on 408, which was Hughes' Test number for Australia, and there had been 63 overs bowled.
The move confirmed Kane Williamson's status as Brendon McCullum's long-term successor.
The dates for three of the four tests were changed and the entire series squeezed into 33 days.
Local media reported that a decision on the test was likely to be made later on Monday.
Australia has remembered Hughes through a few figures — 63, 64 & 408. It added 26 to that list on his b’day.
The North chase never really got going as the side kept on losing wickets at a regular intervals.
A total of 690 Runs were scored by New Zealand in their first innings against Pakistan to set a new national record.


