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ODIs: Sehwag to lead India against Windies, Dhoni rested

By IANS,

Mumbai : Virender Sehwag will lead India in the first three ODIs against the West Indies starting Tuesday with regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni being rested ahead of the long tour to Australia.

Sachin Tendulkar, who sat out of the ODI series in the West Indies and England, has also been rested.

Left-hander Yuvraj Singh and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh were left out of the 15-member squad named here Friday.

After missing the Test series against West Indies, fast bowler Praveen Kumar makes a comeback to the ODI squad.

Dhoni was earlier rested for the One-day series against New Zealand, before the World Cup, and for the ODIs in the West Indies.

Squad: Virender Sehwag (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R.Ashwin, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar.