Off- song Singh dropped for NZ

India’s selectors have dropped experienced allrounder Yuvraj Singh from the one- day international squad for an upcoming tour of New Zealand, which will consist of five ODIs and two tests.

The 32- year- old left- hander, who was man of the series during India’s triumph at the 2011 World Cup at home, did not figure in the 16- member squad after scoring only one half- century in his last 12 oneday innings and also having little success with the ball.

Yuvraj has been having a turbulent time of it since the World Cup as he fought a rare germ cancer to make a comeback last year.

He was dropped for this year’s Champions Trophy that India won in England, before again figuring in one- day games against Australia, West Indies and South Africa.

Rookie seam bowler Ishwar Pandey was named in the test and one- day squads while pace bowler Varun Aaron made a comeback to the one- day squad after a gap of two years following a back injury.

In what was the only change to the test squad that toured South Africa, left- arm spinner Pragyan Ojha made way for Pandey.

India’s tour of New Zealand starts with the first of five one- dayers in Napier on January 19. The other ODIs will be played in Hamilton ( January 22), Auckland ( January 25), Hamilton ( January 28) and Wellington ( January 31).

India will then play a two- day practice game at Whangarei on February 2- 3 before the test matches in Auckland ( February 6- 10) and Wellington ( February 14- 18).

India test squad:

Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( captain), Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Ishwar Pandey.

Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron.

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