Ganguly, Laxman, Nehra to play in Challenger Trophy

Mumbai, Sep 26 (UNI) Sourav Ganguly got another lease of life and former captain, left out of Champions Trophy squad, found a place in the Mohammad Kaif-led India Green in the triangular Challengers Trophy getting under way in Chennai on October 1.

Besides Ganguly, out-of-favour batsman V V S Laxman and left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra also got an opportunity to stake their claims for a return in the one-day squad, selection committee of the BCCI decided in a meeting today.

Test opener Wasim Jaffer and young Ravinder Jadeja have been inducted in India Blue while S Sreesanth found a place in the Venugopal Rao-led India Red.

Meanwhile, India seniors, dubbed as India Blue will be coached by Bio-mechanic expert Ian Frazer in the absence of coach Greg Chappell. Lalchand Rajput and Robin Singh will be coaching India Red and India Green respectively.

Teams: India Blue Rahul Dravid (Captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Wasim Jaffer, M S Dhoni (WK), Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravindra Jadeja.

India Red Venugopal Rao (Captain), Gautham Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, S Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Tejinder Pal Singh, Dinesh Karthik (WK), VRV Singh, Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, Zaheer Khan, Murali Kartik, C Raghu India Green Mohammad Kaif (Captain), Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Hemang Badani, Suresh Raina, Tanmay Srivastav, Piyush Chawla, Parthiv Patel (WK), Ashish Nehra, L Balaji, Praveen Kumar, Reetinder Sodhi,Saurasish Lahiri UNI XC DH RK2126