Sourav Ganguly [ Images ], Rahul Dravid [ Images ] and Virender Sehwag [ Images ] will lead the three teams in the N K P Salve Challenger Trophy cricket tournament to be held in Mumbai [ Images ] from February 7 to 10.

Ganguly will lead the India [ Images ] Seniors while Dravid and Sehwag will lead India A and B respectively, BCCI joint-secretary Gautam Dasgupta announced in Kolkata [ Images ] on Thursday after the teams were picked by the national selectors, headed by chief selector Kiran More.

Indian Under-19 skipper and talented middle order bat Ambati T Rayudu found a place in the 12-member India 'B' side, while openers Shikhar Dhawan [ Images ] and Robin Uthappa [ Images ] were included in the India Senior and India 'A' teams respectively.

All the established players figure in the teams save batting genius Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], who is still recovering from an elbow injury, and offie Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], who would be away in Australia [ Images ] during the tourney to work with a biomechanics expert on his suspect bowling action.

Medium pacer Laxmipathy Balaji, who was included in the Seniors' squad, makes a return to competitive cricket after a long injury-induced lay-off.

An interesting inclusion in the India 'A' squad is Baroda pacer and Irfan Pathan's [ Images ] elder brother, Yousuf Pathan.

Selection committee chairman Kiran More later said the selectors laid stress on spinners and all-rounders while finalising the teams.

Asked why former India all-rounder Ajay Jadeja was kept out of the squads despite good performances in the Ranji Trophy, Dasgupta's cryptic reply was, "The selectors did not consider him."

Dasgupta said Bengal new-ball bowler Ranadeb Bose's name was discussed during the meeting, but he could not make it to the squads, which already had several medium pacers.

The teams:

India Seniors: Sourav Ganguly (capt), M S Dhoni [ Images ] (wicket-keeper), Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], S. Raina, Venugopal Rao [ Images ], Neeraj Patel, Anil Kumble [ Images ], Irfan Pathan, L Balaji [ Images ], Gagandeep Singh, Rajesh Powar and Shikhar Dhawan.

India A: Rahul Dravid (capt), Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] (wicket-keeper), S S Parab, Dheeraj Jadhav, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, Murali Kartik [ Images ], Ajit Agarkar [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], R P Singh, Yusuf Pathan [ Images ] and Robin Uthappa.

India B: Virender Sehwag (capt), Parthiv Patel [ Images ] (wicket-keeper), Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], V V S Laxman [ Images ], S Sriram, Rohan Gavaskar, Romesh Powar, Joginder Sharma, Ashish Nehra [ Images ], S S Paul, Amit Bhandari and A T Rayudu.