Indian cricketers in town
Monday, 8 June 2015
India's national cricket teams arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning for the one-off Test match and three-match ODI series against Bangladesh national teams. They left Kolkata for Dhaka by a Jet Airways plane around 8:25am. The private airlines flight carrying the Indian cricketers, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport around 8:55am. The one-off Test is scheduled to be played in Fatullah in Narayanganj from June 10. Indian squad is scheduled to train at the Mirpur Academy premises at 2:30pm. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has returned to India’s Test squad for the first time in two years after he was picked for the lone Test against Bangladesh from June 10 to 14. On the other hand, opener Lokesh Rahul was ruled out of Bangladesh as he is yet to recover from dengue. Three One Day Internationals (ODI) will be played on June 18, June 21 and June 24 at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
SQUADS
TEST TEAM: Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma
ODI TEAM: MS Dhoni (capt), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni, according to a news agency.