Ganguly gets ODI place

Sourav Ganguly has been recalled to the India squad for the upcoming one-day series

Former captain Sourav Ganguly has been recalled to the India squad for the first two one-day internationals against West Indies.

The selectors have omitted opening batsman Virender Sehwag, who has been suffering from a loss of form of late, while Anil Kumble and Irfan Pathan also miss out.

Ganguly, who was recalled to the Test side for the recent tour of South Africa, has been out of the ODI team since being sacked as captain back in October 2005.

He made an impressive return to the Test match arena against the Proteas, finishing the three-match series as India’s highest run scorer.

The India selectors have also named a squad of 30 ‘probables’ for the World Cup in the Caribbean, which gets underway in March.

Nagpur will be the venue for India’s first ODI against the Windies on January 21.

Squad against West Indies: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Joginder Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, M S Dhoni, R P Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, Harbhajan Singh.

Probables for the World Cup: Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Joginder Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, M S Dhoni, R P Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Anil Kumble, Dinesh Mongia, VRV Singh, Parthiv Patel, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Cheteswar Pujara, S Badrinath, Rajesh Pawar.