Yuvraj, Gambhir out while Pathan, Nayar called up

India Vs South Africa :- India has announced the squad for the first two games of the upcoming one-day international series against South Africa starting in Jaipur on Sunday.

Yuvraj Singh was ruled out because of a wrist injury and Gautam Gambhir was left out because of a groin injury while Baroda all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar and Tamil Nadu off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin called up for the first two one dayers.

Praveen Kumar, who did not feature in India’s tri-series squad in Bangladesh, has also been included in the team to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The first ODI will be played in Jaipur on February 21 while Gwalior will host the second match on February 24. The three-match series will end in Ahmedabad on February 27.

Squad: M S Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan and Amit Mishra.

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Yuvraj, Gambhir out while Pathan, Nayar called up