Three new caps in Indian team for Nairobi tourney

Three new caps were today named in the 14-member Indian team to take part in the ICC knock out tournament to be played at Nairobi from October 3 to 15. They are wicket keeper Vijay Dahiya of Delhi, medium pacer Zaheer Khan of Baroda and all rounder Yuvraj Singh of Punjab.

Announcing the squad at a press conference in Chennai, the chairman of the selection committee Chandu Borde said that Zaheer Khan was a very promising bowler and probably the fastest in the country. As for Dahiya, he said he was chosen as a specialist stumper and also because he was a good improviser with the bat. As for Yuvraj, Borde said he was a good striker of the ball.

Vinod Kambli, as expected made another comeback while Sridharan Sriram was taken as a third opener, according to Borde. The side has three seamers in Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Venkatesh Prasad and two specialist spinners in Sunil Joshi and Anil Kumble.

The team: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid (vice captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Hemang Badani, Yuvraj Singh, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi, S Sriram, Robin Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatesh Prasad, Zaheer Khan and Vijay Dahiya.