The series will begin with the T20 in Rajkot on October 10 followed by the ODIs, which will all be day-night matches, the last of them to be played in Bangalore on November 2,2013
Australia Squad
Shane Watson, Aaron Finch, Phillip Hughes, Michael Clarke (capt), George Bailey (vice-capt), Adam Voges, Brad Haddin (wk), Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, James Faulkner, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty
Australia captain Michael Clarke out of India tour with back injury
Australia captain Michael Clarke has been ruled out of the tour to India and requires "extensive rehabilitation" ahead of the return Ashes seriesMichael Clarke will be replaced by Callum Ferguson for the ODI series and Twenty20 international against India
Australia one-day squad to face India
George Bailey (capt), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Callum Ferguson, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques, Phil Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Adam Voges, Shane Watson
Schedule for limited-overs series
15-Member Indian Team Announced Monday Sep 30,2013
Indian Cricket Team of 15-man squad for the Twenty20 International and the first three matches in the seven-match ODI series against Australia at home announced on Monday Sep 30,2013
Yuvraj Singh(31)is back in the team after his rousing form in the matches against West Indies ‘A’.He was the leading run-getter for India A in the limited-overs series against the touring West Indies A, with 224 runs from three matches, including one hundred and a fifty at an average of 74.66.
Yuvraj Singh improvement in fitness levels appear to have convinced the selection panel, headed by Sandeep Patil
Yuvraj’s last ODI was against England at Dharamsala in January 2013
Four changes
Yuvraj comes in for M. Vijay, who the selectors believe is better suited for Test cricket
Dinesh Karthik makes way for Ambati Rayudu
Paceman Mohammed Shami comes in for the injured Irfan Pathan and
left-arm seamer Jaidev Unadkat
Dinesh Karthik’s omission is debatable. The wicketkeeper-batsman did have his moments in the Champions Trophy where he made an unbeaten 51 against the West Indies at the Oval. Then, Karthik came up with an innings of 69, in a crisis situation for India in the away series against Zimbabwe
Dinesh Karthik, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, seamer Mohit and spinner Parvez Rasool missed out from the team that played Zimbabwe.
Squad for the first three ODI's
M.S. Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat
MS Dhoni and George Bailey Unveil the Trophy for the 7-Match ODI Series at Pune on Friday Oct 11,2013
With India having 123 points and Australia 115, India need to win just two matches to hold on to their No. 1 status while Australia has to beat India in six matches of the seven-game ODI series to become the numero uno
India retain same squad for remaining four ODIs
The remaining four matches of the series will be held in -
- Ranchi (October 23)
- Cuttack (October 26)
- Nagpur (October 30) and
- Bangalore (November 2).
India are trailing 1-2 in the series
The Squad
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Shikhar Dhawan,
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R
Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra,
Ambati Rayudu, Mohammad Shami, Jaydev Unadkat.
Too many ODI matches !
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