Virat Kohli to lead India against Lanka in ODIs
Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) national selectors on Tuesday declared the 15-member squad for the first three games in the five match series.
Regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been given a break by the selectors ahead of the much important Down Under series against Australia.
All-India Senior Selection Committee picked Bengal wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha for behind the stumps job.
The selectors also picked up 14-member squad of India-A team led by Bengal's Manoj Tiwary to play one-off One Day practice match against Sri Lanka, to be played at CCI, Mumbai on Oct 30.
Indian team for first 3 ODIs out of the 5 ODI series of the Micromax Cup.
1. Virat Kohli (Capt)
2. Shikhar Dhawan
3. Ajinkya Rahane
4. Suresh Raina
5. Ambati Rayudu
6. Wriddhiman Saha
7. R Ashwin
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Shami
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Ishant Sharma
12. Amit Mishra
13. Murali Vijay
14. Varun Aaron
15. Axar Patel
India 'A' team One Day practice match
1. Manoj Tiwary (Capt)
2. Unmukt Chand
3. Manan Vohra
4. Karun Nair
5. Rohit Sharma
6. Kedar Jadhav
7. Sanju Samson
8. Parvez Rasool
9. Karn Sharma
10. Stuart Binny
11. Dhaval Kulkarni
12. Jaspreet Bumrah
13. Manish Pandey
14. Kuldeep Yadav
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