Kartik back in favour

Published October 6, 2007

HYDERABAD, Oct 5: India’s cricket selectors on Friday recalled left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for the fourth and fifth One-day Internationals against world champions Australia.

Kartik replaces off-spinner Ramesh Powar. The next two matches against Australia will be played at Chandigarh on Monday and at Vadodara on Thursday.

Indian squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, R.P. Singh, Zaheer Khan.—AFP