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India Overhaul One Day Squad

In a surprise move Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipathy Balaji have been left out of the Tri-Nation Series in Zimbabwe.

Their replacements include Ajit Agarkar and Murali Kartik who are recalled while left-arm swing bowler Rudra Pratap Singh from Uttar Pradesh gets his first call up to the national team.

Within the Test Squad for the series against Zimbabwe in September Sachin Tendulkar is likely to make his return with his fitness being assessed before the tri-series final.

One-day Squad
Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid (vice-captain), Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Venugopal Rao, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Jai Prakash Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Ashish Nehra, Rudra Pratap Singh.

Test Squad
Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (vice-captain), Sourav Ganguly (captain), VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Sachin Tendulkar (subject to fitness).

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