15-man team for the first two ODIs of the five-match series against England.

The Kris Srikkanth-led Selection Committee announced the 15-man team for the first two ODIs of the five-match series against England.

The team will be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the first two ODIs in next month’s ODI series against England. The first ODI of the five-match series will be played in Hyderabad on October 14, while Delhi will host the second game on October 17.

Mohali (Oct 20), Mumbai (Oct 23) and Kolkata (Oct 25) will stage the other three matches. Kolkata will also conduct the lone Twenty20 match against England on October 29.

As expected fast bowler, Varun Aaron who was part of the ODI squad in England but did not play retained his place in the 15-man team.

Karnataka medium-pacer S Aravind and Punjab legspinner Rahul Sharma have received their maiden international call-ups.

Harbhajan Singh was dropped while young spinner Rahul Sharma and paceman Sreenath Aravind were the two new faces in India’s depleted 15-member squad for the first two one-dayers in next month’s ODI series against England.
The squad will be without the services of a host of seniors, including Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh because of injuries.

Parthiv Patel, who did reasonably well in the recent ODI series against England, has been retained along with upcoming batsman Ajinkya Rahane of Mumbai.

The national selectors have picked as many as five fast bowlers and three spinners in Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Sharma. Gautam Gambhir also returned to the ODI squad after having recovered from the concussion he suffered during the Test series on the tour of England.

Squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain)

Gautam Gambhir

Parthiv Patel

Ajinkya Rahane

Virat Kohli
Suresh Raina
Ravindra Jadeja
R Ashwin
Varun Aaron
Umesh Yadav
R Vinay Kumar
Sreenath Aravind
Rahul Sharma
Manoj Tiwary
Praveen Kumar