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Tendulkar, Ganguly opt out of Challenger

India captain Sachin Tendulkar and vice-captain Sourav Ganguly have opted out of the Challenger Trophy cricket tournament to be held at Ahmedabad from February 10 to 13.

Tendulkar was to lead the India Seniors while Ganguly was named captain of the India A team.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced today that Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin will replace them as captains of their respective teams.

In the senior team, Tendulkar's place will be taken by Orissa opener Shiv Sundar Das while Delhi's Ashu Dani will replace Ganguly.

The following are the teams:

India Seniors
Rahul Dravid (captain)
V V S Laxman
Shiv Sunder Das
J J Martin
Robin Singh Sr
A Kumble
N Chopra
Sunil Joshi
S S Dighe (wicket-keeper)
J Srinath
B K V Prasad
V G Kambli

India A
Mohammad Azharuddin (captain)
Ashu Dani
N R Mongia (wicket-keeper)
J Arun Kumar
S Sharath
V Shewag
Murali Kartik
A Bhandari
Sanjay Bangar
T Kumaran
A R Kapoor
Niraj Patel

India B
A D Jadeja (captain)
N Haldipur
Yuvraj Singh
Mohd. Kaif
Anup Dave
Jaiprakash Yadav
D S Bundela
R S Sodhi
R R Parida
Ajay Ratra (wk)
D Mohanty