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Harbhajan Singh has been missing out of the first two ODI's next to England as the selectors chose an under strength India team.
Gautam Gambhir, who miss the ODI series in the tour of England because of concussion, return to the squad which will be without the services of a host of seniors, as well as Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh because of injuries.
Vidharba pace man Umesh Yadav and Jharkhand speedster Varun Aaron also figured in the team announce by new BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale after a marathon assembly of the selection committee in Chennai.
Young leg-spinner Rahul Sharma and paceman Sreenath Aravind were the two new faces in India's exhausted 15-member squad for the first two cricket one-dayers in next month's ODI series next to England.
The team, to be captain by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has a mainly young bowling attack with Praveen Kumar being the spearhead.
The national selectors have chosen as many as five fast bowlers and three spinners in Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Sharma.
Parthiv Patel, who did practically well in the recent ODI series against England, has been retain along with upcoming batsman Ajinkya Rahane of Mumbai.
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 behavior the lone Twenty20 match against England on October 29.
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, S Aravind, Rahul Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar.
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