India names young squad for the first two ODIs

The Indian cricket selectors announced the team for the first two ODIs against England in Chennai on Wednesday. It wasn't an easy task for the selectors with several key players still battling injuries.

Despite the injury crisis, Harbhajan Singh was not picked in the squad.

As expected Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag and Munaf Patel, injured during the tour of England, missed out after failing to recover in time.

Parthiv Patel and Ajinkya Rahane, who opened the innings for India in England, retained their places after a decent outing there.

Gautam Gambhir who is also participating in the ongoing Champions League T20 - has though made a comeback after missing the ODI series in England due to injury.

S Aravind, Rahul Sharma and Umesh Yadav are the three surprise selections.

Squad: M S Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Praveen Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, S Aravind, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron.