Chennai, Jan 15: Indian bowler Praveen Kumar, all-rounder Irfan Pathan and Spinner Rahul Sharma have been included in Team India announced today for the Tri-Series involving Sri Lanka, and the two Twenty20 internationals.
Sachin Tendulkar, Manoj Tiwary, Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav have been retained, but ishant Sharma's name was not considered.
Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh have been left out because of injuries.
The team:
1. MS Dhoni (Captain)
2. Virender Sehwag (Vice-Captain)
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Virat Kohli
6. Rohit Sharma
7. Suresh Raina
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. R Ashwin
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Praveen Kumar
12. Vinay Kumar
13. Manoj Tiwary
14. Rahul Sharma
15. Parthiv Patel
16. Zaheer Khan
17. Irfan Pathan