IndiaPost.com - Yuvraj to lead India Blue in Challenger Series

BANGALORE: Test discard Yuvraj Singh will lead India Blue in the Challenger Series for N K P Salve Trophy to be held in Cuttack from October 23-26.

The national selection committee, which met here, also chose Mohammed Kaif and S Badrinath to captain India Green and India Red respectively in the three-team limited overs tournament. The series will give chance to players like Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla to impress the selectors.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra and pacer R P Singh, who are in the current India Test squad against Australia, are in the India Blue and India Green teams respectively.

The teams: India Blue: Yuvraj Singh (capt), A Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthick (vice-captain, wk), Ravinder Singh, Irfan Pathan, Yougesh Takawale (wk), Ashok Dinda, Pradeep Sangwan, Amit Mishra, Arjun Yadav, Siddarth Trivedi, R Ashwin.

India Red: S Badrinath (capt), M Vijay, F Fazal, Manoj Tiwari, Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Jaydev Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Wriddiman Saha (wk), Praveen Kumar, L Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Monish Parmar, Parthiv Patel (wk).

India Green: Mohammad Kaif (capt), Shikar Dhawan, Naman Ojha (wk), Suresh Raina (vice-captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Saurabh Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manpreet Goni, R P Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Rajat Bhatia, Abhinav Kumar (wk), Pankaj Singh.