| Baroda, February 23: India have dropped former captain Sourav Ganguly from the squad for the first Test against England starting on March 1.
The 33-year-old Ganguly, under pressure since he was sacked as captain in 2005, failed to get a 50 in two innings in the Test series in Pakistan, which India lost 1-0.
The selectors also dropped pacemen Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan, drafting in uncapped seamers Vikram Rajvir Singh and S Sreesanth, leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and ODI batsman Suresh Raina.
Squad: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, S.Sreesanth, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Vikram Rajvir Singh, Piyush Chawla. |
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