MUMBAI : The Indian cricket selectors announced the team for the first two ODIs
against England in Chennai on Wednesday. It wasn't an easy task for the
selectors with several key players still battling injuries.Despite the injury crisis, Harbhajan Singh was not picked in the squad.As expected Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Virender
Sehwag and Munaf Patel, injured during the tour of England, missed out
after failing to recover in time. Parthiv Patel and Ajinkya Rahane, who opened the innings for India in
England, retained their places after a decent outing there. Gautam Gambhir who is also participating in the ongoing Champions League
T20 has though made a comeback after missing the ODI series in
England due to injury.S Aravind, Rahul Sharma and Umesh Yadav are the three surprise selections.Squad: M S Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Virat
Kohli, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Praveen Kumar, Manoj
Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, S Aravind, Rahul
Sharma, Varun Aaron.
