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Yuvraj finds place in India's Sri Lanka Test tour squad
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 06 - 2010

India's cricket selectors Saturday recalled middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh in a 16-man squad for next month's Test series in Sri Lanka.
The left-hander, 28, was not part of India's recent Asia Cup winning campaign in Sri Lanka after being dropped due to poor form during the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean.
Yuvraj, who has scored 1,582 runs in 33 Tests at an average of 35.95 since his debut in 2003, had also missed the home series against South Africa in March due to a finger injury.
The squad, announced by the Indian cricket board after a selection meeting in Chennai, comprises a tried and trusted combination that has taken Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team to the top of the Test rankings.
Veteran batsmen Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Venkatsai Laxman make a formidable middle-order to follow openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
The selectors have picked three specialist spinners and as many seamers to deliver on the batting wickets in Sri Lanka.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will be joined by left-armer Pragyan Ojha and leg-break bowler Amit Mishra in the spin department, while pace spearhead Zaheer Khan will be supported by Ishant Sharma and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
One-day specialist Suresh Raina is the only player in the squad yet to play a Test. Reserve-wicket Wriddhiman Saha played one Test against South Africa when Dhoni was injured.
It will be the third Test series between the two nations in as many years. Sri Lanka won 2-1 at home in 2008, while India claimed the return series 2-0 last year to become the world number one side.
The Indians, who have just returned from Sri Lanka after the Asia Cup, go back to the island nation in the second week of July.
Dhoni's men begin the month-long tour with a three-day match in Colombo on July 13-15, followed by the first Test in Galle from July 18.
The action then shifts to Colombo where the second Test will be played at the Sinhalese sports club from July 26 and the third at the P. Sara Oval from August 3.
The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice captain), Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Venkatsai Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha.
ICC to debate Howard
nomination
The International Cricket Council is set to consider the nomination of former Australian prime minister John Howard as its next vice president amid grumbling from some countries that he is not suited for the job.
His bid to become the next ICC vice president, which would give him an unopposed path to the ICC presidency in 2012, was opposed by Zimbabwe and South Africa over his criticism of Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe.
Sri Lanka also has said it opposes Howard's nomination because he lacks experience in cricket administration.
The ICC, world cricket's governing body, will begin deliberating the nomination Sunday at its annual conference in Singapore. The meeting wraps up July 1.
Howard, who is being nominated jointly by Australia and New Zealand, needs seven of the 10 votes on the ICC executive board to win approval, with the already delayed ballot expected to be conducted at the annual conference in Singapore later this month.
India's Sharad Pawar, who is the current ICC vice president and will become president at the meeting, last month reaffirmed his support for the process which endorsed selecting a president and vice president on a rotating basis of regions. Australia and New Zealand are first in the rotation. The process was agreed upon two years ago after the board became briefly deadlocked over the nomination of Pawar and the current president David Morgan.
Also on the ICC board's agenda, is a recommendation on implementing the umpire decision review system with immediate effect in all test matches as well as in the Cricket World Cup 2011.
The committee will also discuss creating a one-day international league and either a league or a championship series for test cricket.


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