Sriram picked in Indian team

Sridharan Sriram: finally gets a well-deserved break © Getty Images Enlarge

Sridharan Sriram has been picked in the Indian squad that will take on Pakistan at Kolkata in the one-off one-day international being held to celebrate the BCCI's Platinum Jubilee. He is the only change from the Indian squad that represented India in the Champions Trophy in England, replacing Rohan Gavaskar.

Sourav Ganguly has been named the captain of the side, but that is subject to his passing a fitness test, which will be held in Kolkata on November 10. According to reports, though, he has already informed the board that he is fit.

Irfan Pathan, another player who missed the last two Tests against Australia for fitness reasons, will be playing a couple of local one-dayers in Baroda to assess his fitness.

Meanwhile, the Indian selectors have have also announced the Board President's XI squad that will take on South Africa in their first tour game, beginning on November 14. Both Gautam Gambhir and Dheeraj Jadhav, the two openers recently picked in the Indian Test squad, have been included, as has Sadagopan Ramesh, the Test discard. MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik's main competitor for a place in the Test side, will be the wicketkeeper.

Sairaj Bahutule will captain the side, and the squad also included India discards Hemang Badani, Dinesh Mongia, Ramesh Powar and Amit Bhandari. The talented batsman from Andhra Pradesh, Venugopal Rao, has also been picked.

India squad Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly (capt), VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Mohammad Kaif, Ashish Nehra, Sridharan Sriram.

Board President's XI Gautam Gambhir, Dheeraj Jadhav, Sadagoppan Ramesh, Hemang Badani, Venugopal Rao, Dinesh Mongia, Sairaj Bahutule (capt), Ramesh Powar, Shib Shankar Paul, Amit Bhandari, MS Dhoni (wk), Suresh Raina, Avishkar Salvi, Joginder Sharma.