Sachin, Srinath rested for ODIs against Zimbabwe

Sachin Tendulkar and Javagal Srinath have been rested for the first three one-day internationals against Zimbabwe.

Tendulkar has a problem with his knees and has been advised rest and exercises to strengthen them while Srinath asked to be rested.

Rahul Dravid returns to the team after missing the England one-day series while Tinu Yohannan comes in place of Srinath.

The team:

Sourav Ganguly(Captain), Rahul Dravid, Virendra Sehwag, V V S Laxman, S Bangar, Dinesh Mongia, Mohd Kaif, Ajay Ratra, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Sarandeep Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Tinu Yohannan, Zaheer Khan.

India 'A' to tour South Africa

The Indian 'A' team which will shortly leave on a 32-day tour of the land of the Proteas was announced too.

The team:

Dinesh Mongia(Captain), Abhijit Kale, Venugopal Rao, Mohd Kaif, Parthiv Patel, Jacob Martin, Jacob Martin, Gautam Gambhir, Amit Pagnis, Rohan Gavaskar, Balaji Rao, Rakesh Patel, Amit Bhandari,Amit Mishra, Murali Karthik, Debashish Mohanty.