Mumbai: India have left veteran left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan out of their forthcoming Twenty20 and one-day international series against Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar has retired from the 50-over format, but fellow batsman Virender Sehwag retains his ODI place.
The Twenty20 squad is largely unchanged from the recent series against England.
The first bilateral series between the two countries since 2007, comprising two T20 matches and three ODIs, begins with a T20 game on Christmas Day,
Zaheer was dropped midway through the Test series against England, while Sehwag’s place had also been under threat after he only averaged 23.66 from nine ODIs in 2012.
All-rounder Bhuvneshwar Kumar, seamer Shami Ahmed, and batsman Ambati Rayudu are uncapped in any international format.
India Twenty20 squad: Mahendra Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Parvinder Awana, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh.
India ODI squad: Mahendra Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Virak Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Shami Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh. AGENCIES
