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Summary Sachin Tendulkar has been named in Indian limited overs squad for the first time since World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar will figure in an upcoming tri-series in Australia after he was named on Sunday in a limited overs squad for the first time since last years World Cup.The tournament, also featuring Sri Lanka, is scheduled to run from Feb. 5 to Mar. 8.Tendulkar has cut down on limited overs games but made himself available as India hopes to bounce back after crashing to defeats in the first three games of an ongoing test series in Australia to take its string of losses in away tests to seven.Tendulkar, who is on the brink of scoring 100 international centuries with 51 in tests and 48 in one-dayers, is part of a 17-member squad that will also be used to name the teams for two Twenty20 games on Feb. 1 and 3.Tendulkar does not play Twenty20 games for India.India will also see pace bowler Zaheer Khan play in one-dayers for the first time since the World Cup after he picked up hamstring and shin injuries in the interim before returning to the test side for the Australia series.Swing bowler Praveen Kumar, who missed the ongoing test series due to a rib injury, returns for the one-dayers. Allrounder Irfan Pathan, Vinay Kumar and Umesh Yadav are the other seam bowlers in the side.Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh did not merit a return to the team after unimpressive performances in domestic cricket, leaving Ravichandran Ashwin to lead the spin attack with left-handed allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and young leg-spinnerRahul Sharma providing spin options apart from part-timers.The team is without star allrounder Yuvraj Singh, who has been undergoing treatment for a nonmalignant lung tumor.Squad: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Sharma, Zaheer Khan.
