Parvez Rasool becomes first J&K cricketer to make Indian team

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai, to pick the Indian team for the tour of Zimbabwe, and the India ‘A’ tour of South Africa.

Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav have been rested. Mahendra Singh Dhoni who picked up a hamstring injury in West Indies will also miss the team.

Virat Kohli will be the skipper for the Zimbabwe tour. Murali Vijay has been dropped from the squad. The allrounder Parvez Rasool became the first cricketer from J&K to make it to the Indian team.

The teams are as follows:

INDIAN TEAM TO ZIMBABWE

1. Virat Kohli - Captain 2. Shikhar Dhawan 3. Rohit Sharma 4. Dinesh Karthik 5. Cheteshwar Pujara 6. Suresh Raina 7. Ambati Rayudu 8. Ajinkya Rahane 9. Ravindra Jadeja 10. Amit Mishra 11. Parvez Rasool 12. Mohammed Shami 13. Vinay Kumar 14. Jaidev Unadkat 15. Mohit Sharma

Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav have been rested.

INDIA ‘A’ TO SOUTH AFRICA

1. Cheteshwar Pujara - Captain 2. Shikhar Dhawan 3. Murali Vijay 4. Rohit Sharma 5. Suresh Raina 6. Ambati Rayudu 7. Dinesh Karthik 8. Ajinkya Rahane 9. Wriddhiman Saha 10. Parvez Rasool 11. Shahbaz Nadeem 12. Mohammed Shami 13. Stuart Binny 14. Ishwar Chand Pandey 15. Jaidev Unadkat 16. Siddharth Kaul

MATCH-SCHEDULE – INDIA ‘A’ IN SOUTH AFRICA

August 2013 8 August - 1st ODI vs Australia ‘A’ 9 August - 2nd ODI vs South Africa ‘A’ 11 August - 3rd ODI vs Australia ‘A’ 12 August - 4th ODI vs South Africa ‘A’ 14 August - Final

17–20 August - 1st Four Day Game 24–27 August - 2nd Four Day Game