CHENNAI, Oct 15: Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid was, on Thursday, dropped while the dashing duo of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh returned to India’s 15-member squad for the first two ODIs against Australia starting on October 25. While BCCI has decided to sack bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh.
Dravid, who was named to shore up the middle order in bowler-friendly conditions in South Africa Champions Trophy squad, found himself out of favour again for a home series expected to be played on flat tracks.
Out of form pacer RP Singh, wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik and young all-rounder Abhishek Nayar were also left out of the squad announced by the BCCI.
Rookie Uttar Pradesh pacer Sudeep Tyagi was the lone new face in the squad, which also marked the return of Munaf Patel and young all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
The BCCI said Yuvraj, who is currently nursing a fractured finger, will be completely fit by October 28 for the second one-dayer in Nagpur and might be available for the first one-dayer as well on October 25 in Vadodara.
"Selectors are advised that Yuvraj would definitely be fit to play on October 28. It is possible that he may be able to play the first match as well," BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.
"The decision on the playing XI for the first match will be made based on Yuvraj’s fitness on October 25," he added.
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