India include two new faces in one-day squad

14 October 1996


NEW DELHI, Sunday - Indian selectors on Sunday included two new faces in their 14-man squad for the triangular one-day series against Australia and South Africa.

Punjab's wicketkeeper-batsman Pankaj Dharmani, who scored an unbeaten century for the Board President's XI against Australia last week, and Karnataka opening batsman Sujit Somasundar were named for India's opening three matches.

Selectors left out controversial opener Navjot Sidhu whose 50-day ban sidelined him from the one-off test against Australia. Sidhu was banned for walking out of India's tour of England in the middle of the year.

Indian selectors will pick the squad for the remaining three games of the triangular series on October 24, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters.

The selectors wanted to gauge Sidhu's form before considering him for national squad.

Medium-pacer Salil Ankola and opener Ajay Jadeja were also recalled. Vikram Rathore, David Johnson, Narendra Hirwani and Vangipurappu Laxman were the players dropped from the test squad.

Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Saurav Ganguly, Mohammed Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid, Sujit Somasundar, Ajay Jadeja, Pankaj Dharmani, Nayan Mongia, Javagal Srinath, Vankatesh Prasad, Salil Ankola, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi, Aashish Kapoor.


Source: The Daily News

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