da fazobetai： Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan have been picked in India’s 14-man squad to play South Africa in the first Test at Kanpur on November 20
Cricinfo staff05-Sep-2005
Sourav Ganguly: back for the Kanpur Test, along with Irfan Pathan© Getty Images
Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan have been picked in India’s 14-mansquad to play South Africa in the first Test at Kanpur on November 20. Bothplayers missed the last two Tests against Australia, but regainedtheir fitness in time to play the BCCI Platinum Jubilee one-dayeragainst Pakistan at Kolkata today.Dheeraj Jadhav and SS Paul are the two men omitted. Jadhav and Paul were among four newcomers in the Mumbai Test squad: they sat out that game, butwill no doubt take satisfaction from knowing that they are next inline, and this queue does not stay still.The big question now is, who will Ganguly replace in the Test side?Mohammad Kaif is the obvious candidate, but his battling performancesagainst Australia might be enough for him to retain his place. GautamGambhir will, in that case, miss out, with either Kaif or DineshKarthik being promoted as a makeshift opener.Squad Sourav Ganguly (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag,Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Kaif, DineshKarthik (wk), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, ZaheerKhan, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra.