Sehwag left out of India squad for South Africa T20

Sehwag & Zaheer Khan have been rested for the Asia Cup, which starts on March 11, & will stay out of the squad for the one-off Twenty20, which will be played a week after the Asia Cup final. The squad is  identical to the Asia Cup squad, with Robin Uthappa's inclusion in lieu of Sachin Tendulkar, who has played Twenty20 international, in 2006, the only change. Uthappa played the Twenty20 match in the work of England's tour of India in October last year, his first international match for years.

Virender Sehwag has been left out of the India squad for the one-off Twenty20 international against South Africa on March 30 in Johannesburg. Robin Uthappa & Yusuf Pathan return to the Twenty20 setup for the game, & fast bowler Ashok Dinda has been picked ahead of Umesh Yadav. MS Dhoni will lead the side, with Virat Kohli as the vice-captain.
Ajinkya Rahane, who was given a run in the limited-overs side in the work of the tour of England & the home season before being dropped for the tri-series in Australia, continues to be left out. Dinda's inclusion means Yadav will must wait till after the IPL to make his return to the India squad.


SQUAD ;  MS Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli (vc), Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda.

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