Breathe, SA: India leave out Sachin and Sehwag

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Having won the ODI series against South Africa, India’s selectors have decided to rest key players and do a little experimentation on the side for the final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Praveen Kumar are all getting rested, which means India are without seven of their first-choice team (if you include injuries to Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh, and an extended break for Harbhajan Singh).It’s a dead rubber. Why wouldn’t they?I imagine South Africa will go a similar route - the result of the match is utterly inconsequential. All that can be gained from it is a better understanding of the r...   See the complete post here

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