MS Dhoni rested for India's opening two ODIs against New Zealand
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and the role to lead the home side has been given to the 29-year-old Gautam Gambhir.
Not only Dhoni but also the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, prolific opener Virender Sehwag and spearhead spin bowler Harbhajan Singh have been rested due to injury concerns. Both of the batsmen have got some shoulder niggles and the Indian
cricket board does not want to take any risk with 2011 ICC World Cup less than 100 days away - which would be jointly hosted by three subcontinent nations and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Pace bowler Zaheer Khan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 Test while nothing has been mentioned by the BCCI as to why Nehra doesn't figure
in the one-day list. However, according to sources in the board, he is also injured.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh were not considered due to injury concerns, which require attention and rehabilitation," N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, said in a statement.
Also, Rohit Sharma and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623
has been given the responsibility to lead a talented but young side. The gloveman Saha, who has been called up to replace MS Dhoni, struck a brilliant unbeaten 178 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Assam-c765 in the recently-concluded Ranji Trophy clash.
With regular opener Sehwag being left behind, Gambhir would be joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Saurabh Tiwary. Coming to the bowling department, S Sreesanth will spearhead
the pace attack and will be supported by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravindra-c84236 Jadeja will comprise the spin department.
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