Selectors named the Indian team for the two major cricket tournaments on Tuesday and took a hard look at India’s poor performance in the ongoing tour of New Zealand. While Ishant was penalised for his jaded performance in the ODI series – picking two wickets in two of the five matches, Raina has also been woefully out of form – averaging 28 from three matches.
Asia Cup starts from February 25 and World T20 begins March 16 – both to be played in Bangladesh.
India Asia Cup squad: MS Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Mohammad Shami, Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra and Ishwar Pandey.
India squad for WT20: MS Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma and Varun Aaron.