Yuvraj Singh ignored for New Zealand ODIs, fit-again Varun Aaron recalled
Yuvraj
Singh scored 19 runs in four innings, thrice losing his wicket to
Aussie pacer Mitchell Johnson. His last ODI was at the Wanderers earlier
this month where he scored a second-ball duck.
All-rounder Yuvraj Singh was today axed from India's ODI squad owing
to his poor performance in South Africa even as rookies such as Ishwar
Pandey and Stuart Binny got their maiden call-ups for India's tour of
New Zealand starting with a one-day series from January 19.
Yuvraj, who got out to a second-ball duck the only time he came
out to bat in the lost three-match ODI series against South Africa, was
replaced by Stuart Binny, son of former India all-rounder Roger Binny.
Binny, 29, has played 53 first-class matches for Karnataka and
scored 2714 runs at an average of 34.79, besides taking 79 wickets.
Another surprise inclusion in the team was Madhya Pradesh seamer
Ishwar Pandey, who has been drafted into both the ODI and Test squad.
Fit-again pacer Varun Aaron, 24, has made a comeback to the ODI
squad replacing Mohit Sharma, who failed to impress in South Africa. If
he makes it to the final XI of the five-match ODI series against New
Zealand, it would be Aaron's first 50-over appearance for India after
2011.
The Test team was not altered too much with Ishwar coming in
place of Pragyan Ojha being the only change made to the 17-member squad
for the two-match series against the Kiwis starting February 10 in
Auckland after a two-day practice match.
Interestingly, Ojha did not get a single game in the two-match series against South Africa which India lost 0-1 yesterday.
The 24-year-old Ishwar, who replaces Ojha, has played 31 first-class matches, grabbing 131 wickets at an average of 24.43.
The rest of the Test line-up has been left untouched with R
Ashwin, who did not impress much with his bowling, holding on to his
place despite the conditions in New Zealand being not too conducive for
slow bowlers.
While Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli picked
themselves after fine performances in the trying tour of South Africa,
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have managed to retain the selectors'
faith despite coming a cropper.
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