In a move consistent with their recent policy for limited overs matches, the national selectors ignored former captains Rahul Dravid [Images] and Sourav Ganguly [Images] while naming 30 Indian probables for the ICC [Images] Champions Trophy in September.
Sachin Tendulkar [Images] was the only player from among the Fab Four who found a place in the list announced by Cricket Board secretary Niranjan Shah after the selection panel's meeting in Mumbai.
Yuvraj Singh [Images] and Irfan Pathan [Images], dropped from the 16-strong Test squad for the Sri Lanka [Images] tour, expectedly found berths in the probables list.
Also included were national under-19 captain Virat Kohli of Delhi, Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Mumbai youngsters all-rounder Abhishek Nayar and batsman Ajinkya Rahane.
The probables: Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], Virender Sehwag [Images], Gautam Gambhir [Images], Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan [Images], Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh [Images], Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla [Images], R P Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Manpreet Singh Gony, Pragyan Ojha, Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Kaarthick, S Badrinath, Mohammed Kaif, Manoj Tiwary, Abhishek Nayar, Pankaj Singh, Murali Kartik [Images], Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Yusuf Pathan and S Sreesanth [Images].
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