Indian selectors included Sachin Tendulkar in a 15-member squad named Wednesday for the four-nation Asia Cup tournament to be held in Dhaka from March 11-22. Tendulkar has been struggling to get big scores as he targets an unprecedented 100th international century, although he may get a crack at the milestone before the Asia Cup if India makes next week's best-of-three final of the ongoing tri-series in Australia. Hard-hitting opener Virender Sehwag and pace bowler Zaheer Khan do not figure in the Asia Cup squad because of injuries. Sehwag has scored only 65 runs in his last five one-day innings after also showing indifferent form in a preceding Test series in Australia but chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth said form was not a consideration for leaving him out. “Sehwag and Zaheer have been rested due to injuries,” Srikkanth told reporters without elaborating on the injuries. Middle-order batsman Virat Kohli has been named vice captain ahead of Gautam Gambhir. All-rounder Yusuf Pathan and pace bowler Ashok Dinda returned to a squad that includes 12 of the 17 players currently in Australia. Another seamer, Umesh Yadav, was rested. Australia calls up Bailey Twenty20 skipper George Bailey was Wednesday named in Australia's one-day squad for the West Indies tour and there was a recall for experienced wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. National selector John Inverarity said the pair, along with Nathan Lyon, were also the only additions to the squad for the best-of-three tri-nation series finals against either India and Sri Lanka, which begin Sunday.
