Dravid included in Champions trophy probables

Mumbai: Irfan Pathan’s international career has suffered a big setback as the selectors omitted the Baroda all-rounder from the list of 30 probables for September’s Champions Trophy in South Africa. Meanwhile, former India captain Rahul Dravid, who last played a one-day international for India in October 2007, has been included in the list.

A veteran of 333 ODIs, Dravid has not featured in India's ODI squad since playing his last one dayer against Australia in Nagpur in 2007.

Senior cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who had opted out of the just-concluded West Indies tour, returns to the side as do the injured duo of Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan.

Explosive Karnataka opener Robin Uthappa was the other surprise exclusion from the list.

Hard-hitting Delhi batsman Virat Kohli, Bengal stumper Wriddhiman Saha, Tamil Nadu's R Ashiwin and Murali Vijay also found a place in the list of probables.

UP pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, lanky Rajasthan medium pacer Pankaj Singh and the Mumbai duo of Ajinkya Rahane and Dhawal Kulkarni also found mention in the list.

The All-India senior selection committee at its meeting held at M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on Monday selected the list of probables for the mini-World Cup.

1. M S Dhoni (Captain)
2. Virender Sehwag (Vice-Captain)
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Rohit Sharma
6. Sachin Tendulkar
7. Rahul Dravid
8. Suresh Raina
9. Yusuf Pathan
10. Abhishek Nayar
11. Ishant Sharma
12. Zaheer Khan
13. R P Singh
14. Praveen Kumar
15. Harbhajan Singh
16. Pragyan Ojha
17. Ravindra Jadeja
18. Dinesh Karthik
19. Munaf Patel
20. R Ashwin
21. M Vijay
22. Amit Mishra
23. Ajinkya Rahane
24. Dhawal Kulkarni
25. S Badrinath
26. Ashish Nehra
27. Virat Kohli
28. Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh
29. Wridhiman Saha
30. Pankaj Singh