Indian Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010 - Sachin rested, Saurabh Tiwary in, Yuvraj, Pathan out

Indian selectors announced team on Monday, 7th June for Asia Cup 2010 starting from 15th June, and requested Sachin Tendulkar on his request and included Jharkhan and Mumbai Indians batsman Saurabh Tiwary in the 15-man squad.

Other big changers are exclusion of Yuvraj Singh who is struggling with wrist injury and Yusuf Pathan who hasn't been able to replicate his IPL success in international cricket. Zaheer, Harbhajan, Sehwag, Gambhir, Praveen Kumar and Nehra returns in the team.

Ashok Dinda and R Ashwin retained their place from the team toured Zimbabwe. Saurabh Tiwary performed well in IPL3 with 3 half centuries while scored three centuries in five games at an average of 98.83 in Ranji Trophy for Jharkhand.

Indian team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010:

MS Dhoni (capt & wk)
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Suresh Raina
Rohit Sharma
Ravindra Jadeja
Harbhajan Singh
Praveen Kumar
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Pragyan Ojha
Ashok Dinda
R Ashwin
Saurabh Tiwary