Mumbai, July 3:
The Indian selectors will meet tomorrow to select squad for the upcoming cricket tour of Sri Lanka, with opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pacer Zaheer Khan are all set to return to the team after missing the Asia Cup.
The two of them, along with Umesh Yadav, had sat out of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March on fitness grounds. They were also not part of the squad for the one-off Twenty20 International in South Africa on March 30, which was India’s last international match.
Apart from the availability of the three players, some changes are expected to take place in the side that flopped in the Asia Cup and lost the rain-hit T20 match to the hosts in Johannesburg by Duckworth-Lewis method.
The Lanka tour will comprise only One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 ties.
With Sehwag back in action, one of the other middle order batsmen from the Asia Cup squad will be dropped and West Bengal’s Manoj Tiwary could be the candidate who will make way for the opener.
Master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s availability for Sri Lankan tour is still unclear following his nomination as a Rajya Sabha member.
If, by any chance, Tendulkar decides to opt out of the series commencing on July 21, Ajinkya Rahane is likely to be named as the third opener after Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. (UNI)
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