Sachin himself opted out of Sri Lanka series, explains http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Krishnamachari-Srikkanth-c71750 – Cricket News Update
The Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s chief selector, Kris Srikkanth, has said that batting veteran Sachin Tendulkar has been left out of the 15-man squad for the limited-overs series in Sri Lanka on his own request.
While making it clear that it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 itinerary, the chief Indian selector revealed that the batting maestro will be back in the squad for next month’s home series against New Zealand.
“Of course, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, on Wednesday.
“There's no particular reason [for Tendulkar not playing]. He would obviously like to extend his career and obviously is looking at Test cricket in a big way, and I am sure he must be aiming at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 and Australia who, I believe,
will also come for a Test series,” said the BCCI chief selector when quizzed about the reason behind the Master Blaster's decision.
Sachin Tendulkar, one of the three senior players who faced rotation at the top of the order during the CB series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 earlier this year, played in the Asia Cup as well, where he scored his elusive hundredth international
ton against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
His absence from the squad would mean http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 will get to open together.
Despite Virender Sehwag returning to the fray, the selection panel retained Virat Kohli as the vice captain for the Sri Lanka tour. The chief selector hinted that the board was looking at the short tampered http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 batsman as the future
India skipper.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 has been appointed the vice captain. The idea is to have some continuity and also grooming [him] from a futuristic point of view."
The five-match One Day International series gets underway at Hambantota on July 21, and will be followed by a one-off T20 International at Pallekele on August 7.
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