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Revised squads announced

Sourav Ganguly. — Photo: PTI

Kuala Lumpur: Sachin Tendulkar on Monday made way for Sourav Ganguly while Zaheer Khan was included as the sixth Indian in the revised 14-member one-day Asia cricket team for the Afro-Asian Cup beginning in Bangalore on June 6.

Sri Lankan Dilhara Fernando and Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh were the other two new faces in the squad after Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar and Sri Lankan pacemen Chaminda Vaas and Lasitha Malinga made themselves unavailable for the three-match series.

Selectors of the second Afro-Asia Cup - ASM Farooque, Chetan Chauhan, Mohsin Khan and Lalith Kaluperuma - named the revised squad after the four cricketers made themselves unavailable.

"Following the non-availability of some players named in the original squads on May 11, the selectors have named their final squads for the three ODI matches in Bangalore and Chennai on June 6, 9 and 10 and the Twenty20 match on June 5," a statement said. Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh are the other who were in the original squad

Revised squads: Asia (ODI): Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Yousuf, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Rafique, Dilhara Fernando, Upul Tharanga.

Twenty20: Shoaib Malik, Tamim Iqbal, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Ashraful, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Farveez Maharoof, Mashrafe Mortaza, S Sreesanth. — PTI

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