Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Sehwag comes in to the Squad to Australia


Pak was stunned when they lost 7 wickets on the fifth day to the Indian spinners, Kumble & Yuvraj. Bad light came to their rescue ultimately and the Test was drawn, giving India the series, after 27 years !

Saurav Ganguly gets the Man of the Series award !

Younis Khan praised the Indians. He was also happy that he got an excellent player in Misbah, who scored two consecutive centuries.

India's Test squad for Australia has been announced. They are


Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Wassim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni ( wk ) and Lakshman .

Rajasthan pacer Pankaj Singh comes into the squad in lieu of Munaf. Sreeshanth is injured. Dinesh Karthik retained his place as reserved wicketkeeper due to his 52 in the second innings. Ishant Sharma is retained because of his 5 wickets.

The five pacers are Zaheer Khan, Pathan, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh & Pankaj Singh. The 2 spinners are Kumble and Harbhajan.

The Awesome Fivesome are there - VVS Laxman, Sehwag with the Three Musketeers ( Sachin, Ganguly & Dravid ).

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