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Indian team practices hard ahead of ODI series against Australia |
Ahead of their seven-match ODI series against Australia, Indian cricket squad
spent a couple of hours practising hard at the nets on Wednesday here. The first
match of the series will be played at Baroda on October 25. The venues of the
other matches are Nagpur, New Delhi, Mohali, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Mumbai. For
the first two games of the series, opener Virender Sehwag has been recalled to
the India squad. Sehwag missed the Twenty20 World Cup, and the ICC Champions Trophy
in South Africa while recovering from the surgery. Batsman Yuvraj Singh, who missed
the Champions Trophy with a broken finger, was named in the 15-player squad with
the hope that he would be fit to start the seven-match series. Uncapped 22-year-old
pace bowler Sudeep Tyagi has also been included in the squad after some good domestic
performances. Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that the hosts (India)
are a difficult side to beat at home. As for the Australians, Michael Clarke was
forced to withdraw from the Champions Trophy with a back injury. The Kangaroos
will also miss first choice wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who is undergoing rehabilitation
after finger surgery and left-arm paceman Nathan Bracken due to complications
in his knee. Australia won the ODI series 4-2 on their previous visit to India
two years ago. |
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