Zaheer, Yuvraj dropped for Nagpur Test against England

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at Kolkata earlier today, to pick the Indian team for the fourth Test against England, to be played at Nagpur from 13 December 2012 to 17 December 2012, and the T20 International Series against England, to be played at Pune and Mumbai on 20 December 2012 and 22 December 2012 respectively. The selectors reacted to India’s second consecutive home loss by dropping Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh. Their places in the squad have been taken by Parwinder Awana and Ravindra Jadeja, who scored two triple centuries in Ranji Trophy cricket recently. Murali Vijay is back in the squad as a back-up batsman while Piyush Chawla has also got a call-up. The decision to drop Yuvraj basically means that Ajinkya Rahane might finally get a go in the Test team. [caption id=“attachment_551104” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Zaheer Khan is out of the fourth test. PTI[/caption] And there is more. Sehwag and Zaheer were unavailable for the T20 series against England, and were therefore not considered for the same. Indian team for the fourth test against England MS Dhoni (Captain) Virender Sehwag Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli Cheteshwar Pujara Ravindra Jadeja Ravichandran Ashwin Piyush Chawla Ishant Sharma Pragyan Ojha Ajinkya Rahane Ashok Dinda Murali Vijay Parvinder Awana Indian team for the T20 International Series against England MS Dhoni (Captain) Gautam Gambhir Ajinkya Rahane Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Yuvraj Singh Manoj Tiwary Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Piyush Chawla Ashok Dinda Bhuvneshwar Kumar Laxmipathy Balaji Parvinder Awana