Indian team is announced for the next two ODI’s

Indian selectors have announced the 15 man squad for the next two one day internationals against Sri Lanka to be played on 21^st and 24^th of December 2009 at Barabati Stadium, CuttackEden Garden, Kolkata. and

There are only two changes in the squad which was announced for the first two ODI’s. Ishant Sharma is called back in place of S.Sreesanth and wicket keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik is called for banned Indian captain M.S.Dhoni.

The captaincy job is handed over to Virendra Sehwag while Gautam Gambhir will be his deputy.

Selectors have kept Yuvraj Singh in the 15 member squad who has not played a single match because of a finger injury and flu, which is an indication that the elegant left hander was expected to be fit for the remaining three matches of the five-match series.

India Squad for 3rd and 4th ODIs: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hrbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Sudeep Tyagi, Virat Kohli.