Yuvraj, Nehra back in T20 squad for Australia tour

Punjab’s young left-arm seamer Brainder Sran and Baroda all-rounder Hardik Pandya were the new faces while Ravindra Jadeja and Yuvraj Singh were on Saturday recalled in India’s ODI and Twenty20 squads for the upcoming Australia tour.

Pacers Ishant Sharma and Ashish Nehra were among the veterans, who were recalled in the squads while Suresh Raina was left out to give chance to others. Mohammed Shami, who has now recovered from his injury, has been named in both the ODI and T20 squads.

Rishi Dhawan and Manish Pandey were also included in the squads announced by BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur after a meeting of the selection committee in Delhi.

There were a number of players such as Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh, who were omitted from the ODI squad.

Harbhajan, however kept his place in the T20 squad.

Sran and Pandya were rewarded with a berth in the ODI and T20 squads respectively for their consistent performance in domestic circuit.

Squads: One-day: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Rishi Dhawan and Brainder Sran.

Twenty20: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra.