By IANS
Kuala Lumpur : Sachin Tendulkar Monday opted out of the 14-member Asian squad for the Afro-Asian Cup and he will be replaced by Sourav Ganguly. Zaheer Khan has been included as the sixth Indian in the revised list.
Sri Lankan Dilhara Fernando and Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh were the other two new faces in the squad after Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar was dropped and Sri Lankan pacemen Chaminda Vaas and Lasitha Malinga made themselves unavailable for the three-match series that starts in Bangalore June 6.
Asian selectors A.S.M. Farooque, Chetan Chauhan, Mohsin Khan and Lalith Kaluperuma named the replacements.
"Following the unavailability of some players named in the original squads May 11, the selectors have named their final squads for the three ODI matches in Bangalore and Chennai on June 6, 9 and 10 and the Twenty20 match on June 5," Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said in a statement Monday.
The other Indians in the original squad that was announced earlier this month are Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh.