India's cricket selectors on Saturday rested batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar and recalled Yuvraj Singh for next month's triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka. Yuvraj, with 7,345 runs in 250 one-day internationals, was dropped from India's squad for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka last month. He played his last match in a tri-series in Dhaka early this year.
India also rested off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and opening batsman Gautam Gambhir. "Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh have been rested," Indian cricket board secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement. Tendulkar has not played for India since becoming the first batsman to hit a double-century in one-day internationals, against South Africa at Gwalior in February. India, led by wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will clash with New Zealand in the opening match.
Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Saurabh Tiwary.