India's squad for cricket one-dayers against Australia announced

Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid was dropped on Thursday while the dashing duo of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh returned to India's 15-member squad for the first two cricket one-dayers of a seven-match series against Australia starting 25th October.

Dravid, who was surprisingly named in India's Champions Trophy squad, failed to find favour with the selectors, who have decided to persist with young right-hander Virat Kohli.

Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik and young all-rounder Abhishek Nayar were also dropped.

Rookie Uttar Pradesh pacer Sudeep Tyagi was the lone new face in the squad, which marked the return of another fast bowler Munaf Patel and young all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Munaf Patel, Sudeep Tyagi.