Rahul,Laxman and Sourav Axed from Team ODI India

Mumbai:20Jan:As the news of Perth win rejoiced Billion of Indians, the
Team India selector dropped Rahul,Laxman and Sourav,the bombshell for
the ODI tri-series in Australia,beginning from 3rd February.The team
was announced in Mumbai by BCCI"s Secretary Niranjan Shah.Fans of three
cricketers protested in various cities against their omission. Sourav and Rahul to two former skipper of team India omission is seen as building up the young Team india for World cup.Sourav today at Perth address to Australia media about the future state of the Team India's potential.“Australia is still the No. 1 team in the world but I think we have a very good side that could become No. 1, Ganguly said.
Sourav at Perth spoke on the India"s win, giving Team India with
potential and the credible one to be number one as he further adds.
“We have a side which has played better against Australia than any other side in the world, which is a good sign for us.
“To be honest, we have played better than they have this summer.
“I don"t want to talk about the past but I feel we were very unlucky not to win in Sydney.
“We were happy to win in Perth and we think we can level the series."
Billion Indians fans took to the streets of Calcutta setting off
firecrackers, beating drums and waving placards reading “Indian tigers
start roaring".
Indian print media flooded with stories declaring India had stormed the
Australians castle. “Ecstasy, India"s greatest Test victory ever" and
“Aussies knocked off perch".
Ganguly as he spoke for the Team India his name has been dropped from
Team ODI India to play triangular series in Australia starting Feb.6:
2008.
Team India for the ODI tri-series in Australia, which involves Sri
Lanka, beginning from 3rd February has been announced since Sourav
Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have been left out of the squad.
The team was announced in Mumbai by BCCI"s Secretary Niranjan Shah.
Though Dravid was not part of the Indian one day team that played against
Pakistan, Ganguly was a regular in the side since his comeback from the wilderness.
Meanwhile, despite rumours about his fitness and an alleged attitude
problem, Yuvraj Singh remained deputy to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Virender Sehwag also retained his place in the 16-member squad for
India"s lone Twenty20 match against Australia, followed by the
tri-series starting on 3rd February.
Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel will be on standby, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said.
“The three selectors here had a teleconference with two of their
colleagues Ranjib Biswal and Venkatapathy Raju and Dhoni in Australia,
after which the team was selected," Shah said.
Explaining reasons behind ignoring Ganguly and Dravid, Shah said, “The
emphasis was on fielding abilities and they wanted a young fielding
side for the series. That"s why you see a lot of youngsters in the
side."
A Board source said the selectors had an eye on the future and hence
they decided to invest in youth, rather than sticking with the
seniors.Ajit Wadekar and Deep Dasgupta expressed ‘disappointment" over
the decision, Erapalli Prasanna and Kiran More gave thumbs up to the
selectors for the “bold" move.
Former captain Ajit Wadekar termed dropping of Ganguly and Dravid as “unfortunate".“Ganguly has been among runs in recent times. He has a hang of the conditions in Australia, as he has played there earlier. Probably the
selectors thought he would be a bit of a liability on the field,"
Wadekar told.“Rahul"s omission is more unfortunate. He was getting back among runs and he is also very good in the outfield. Though I think it is a
good team, the selectors would have done better by including these
seniors," he said.“We also decided to have three players on standby so that in case of injuries to any players, we can fly them out to help the team," Shah said.
Squad: M S Dhoni (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj
Singh (Vice Captain), Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir,
Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, R P Singh, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma,
Suresh Raina, Dinesh Kaarthick, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar.
Standbye: Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel