Selection of Team India Players for upcoming tour of Australia have surprises. India plays five ODIs and three T20s during this tour.
Suresh Raina was dropped from the ODI Team following his poor performance in the past few tournaments. There were not many big contributions from him in the past one year.
India's World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh and senior bowler Ashish Nehra will be making their comeback into the T20 squad. While Yuvraj is returning after a gap of 2 years, Nehra took 4 years to get back into the National team.
Manish Paney, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Hardik Pandya, Rishi Dhawan and Barinder Singh Sran were given opportunity to exhibit their skills in the Australia tour.
ODI squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Rishi Dhawan and Barinder Singh Sran.
T20I squad: MS Dhoni (Captain), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashish Nehra, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Suresh Raina was dropped from the ODI Team following his poor performance in the past few tournaments. There were not many big contributions from him in the past one year.
India's World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh and senior bowler Ashish Nehra will be making their comeback into the T20 squad. While Yuvraj is returning after a gap of 2 years, Nehra took 4 years to get back into the National team.
Manish Paney, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Hardik Pandya, Rishi Dhawan and Barinder Singh Sran were given opportunity to exhibit their skills in the Australia tour.
ODI squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Rishi Dhawan and Barinder Singh Sran.
T20I squad: MS Dhoni (Captain), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashish Nehra, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.