Rahul Dravid back in one-day squad

16 August,2009 01:53 PM IST |   |  Agencies

Former captain Rahul Dravid has been included in the 15-man Indian one-day squad for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa.


Former captain Rahul Dravid has been included in the 15-man Indian one-day squad for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa.

Dravid makes his comeback after a gap of almost a two-years. He played the last of his 333 ODIs back in October 2007 against Australia in Nagpur.

Sachin Tendulkar also returned to the side, after skipping the ODI series in the West Indies.

Pacer Zaheer Khan and hard-hitter Virender Sehwag have been left out due to their injuries. Batter Rohit Sharma and spinner Pragyan Ojha have been dropped from the side.

India's one-day squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Rudra Pratap Singh, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar.

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