Leg spinner Anil Kumble [ Images ] has been omitted from India's [ Images ] 14-man squad for the first two matches of their One-Day Iinternational series against Pakistan, starting on Saturday.

The 34-year-old Kumble claimed 17 wickets in the three-Test series which ended in a 1-1 draw on Monday following Pakistan's 168-run victory in the final Test in Bangalore.

Batsman Vangipurappu Laxman, wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] and opening batsman Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] are the other members of the Test squad to be left out.

Laxman and Kumble were also overlooked for the previous one-day series in Bangladesh in December, which India won 2-1.

The team: Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] (captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Rahul Dravid [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Murali Karthik, Dinesh Mongia, Mahendra Dhoni [ Images ] (wicketkeeper), Ashish Nehra [ Images ], Lakshmipathy Balaji, Zaheer Khan [ Images ].

Match venues: Kochi (April 2), Visakhapatnam [ Images ] (April 5), Jamshedpur (April 9), Ahmedabad [ Images ] (April 12), Kanpur (April 15) and New Delhi [ Images ] (April 17).