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Kumble back in team

Last updated on: April 12, 2005 20:25 IST

Rahul Dravid [ Images ] has been named captain for the last two one-dayers against Pakistan in place of Sourav Ganguly [ Images ], who was banned for six limited-overs matches because of slow over-rate during the fourth One-Day International in Ahmedabad [ Images ] on Tuesday.

The Board of Control Cricket in India [ Images ], which announced a 15-member squad for the last two matches, gave Ganguly's place in the side to Tamil Nadu's S Sriram while Anil Kumble [ Images ] was named in place of Irfan Pathan [ Images ].

Leg-spinner Kumble missed the first two one-dayers due to injury while he was not considered for selection for the next two matches.

Virender Sehwag [ Images ] has been named as Dravid's deputy for the remaining matches of the series, to be held in Kanpur on Friday and Delhi [ Images ] on Sunday.

The team: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Virender Sehwag, M S Dhoni [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mohammed Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, S Sriram, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Murali Karthik, Ashish Nehra [ Images ], L Balaji [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Ajit Agarkar [ Images ].

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