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Tendulkar rested for ODIs

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India batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag will miss the one-day internationals against Australia.

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India batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag will miss the upcoming one-day international series against Australia. Tendulkar is rested for the three-match series along with spinners Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan. Sehwag is nursing a minor injury and joins opener Gautam Gambhir (knee) and seam bowler Ishant Sharma (knee) on the treatment table. Delhi batsman Shikhar Dhawan is the only uncapped player in India's 14-man squad. Australia are also resting several players ahead of the Ashes - skipper Ricky Ponting, all-rounder Shane Watson and left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson are all returning home at the conclusion of the second Test in Bangalore on Wednesday. The first one-day international takes place in Kochi on October 17, followed by matches in Visakhapatnam on October 20 and Goa on October 24. India squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt, wkt), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Saurav Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Vinay Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma

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