All-rounder Yuvraj Singh has made a return to the limited over Indian cricket squad, which will play Australia in the home series, beginning October 10th. Yuvraj, whose last ODI was against England at Dharamasala in January, replaced Dinesh Karthik. After a successful fitness programme in France, Yuvraj was seen in top form in List-A cricket recently.Three other changes include, Ambati Rayudu in for opener Murali Vijay, Mohammed Shami who replaces injured Irfan Pathan, and Umesh Yadav who has made way for left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat.Batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, seamer Mohit Sharma and spinner Parvez Rasool have also been dropped from the squad. They were a part of the team that played Zimbabwe.Squad: Skipper MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat.The lone T-20 between the two sides will be played at Rajkot on October 10th, while the 3-match ODI series will kick off from October 13th.
News On AIR | September 30, 2013 2:22 PM
Yuvraj makes a comeback to limited over Indian cricket squad for upcoming tour against Aus