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Wed, 17th Jun 2009  New Delhi: Ashish Nehra has found a place in the Indian squad for the West Indies tour to play four One-day Internationals later this month and in July.
Suresh Raina was not considered for selection as he has sustained a hairline fracture on his thumb. He has been advised two weeks' rest.
While Sachin Tendulkar had made a request to be rested for the tour, Zaheer Khan has been rested.
Two of the selectors - chairman K Srikkanth and Raja Venkat - were in the UK and communicated with their three colleagues via a teleconference.
Captain M S Dhoni, coach Gary Kirsten, and Secretary of the BCCI and Convener of the All-India Selection Committee N Srinivasan also participated in the meeting from the UK.
Team: M S Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Vijay, S. Badrinath, R P Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Kartik  |
