Sreesanth handed one-day call

Fiery paceman replaces Patel in limited-overs squads

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Sreesanth handed one-day call

Sreesanth: One-day call-up

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India have named fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in their Twenty20 and one-day squads for the forthcoming series against Sri Lanka.

Aggressive seamer Sreesanth has been in fine form for the Test team since his recall, claiming 5-75 in the first innings of the victorious second Test against Sri Lanka in Kanpur.

The 26-year-old replaces Munaf Patel in the limited-overs squads, while left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha is included at the expense of leg-spinner Amit Mishra.

Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan and Praveen Kumar have been rested for the two Twenty20 games, which will be held in Nagpur and Mohali on December 9 and Dec. 12 respectively.

The India selectors have also called up uncapped medium pacer Ashok Dinda, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and medium-pacer Sudeep Tyagi to the one-day team, while dropping all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

The one-day squad has been selected for the first two games of the five-match series.

Twenty20 squad: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma.

ODI squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Sudeep Tyagi, Virat Kohli.