India rest Tendulkar and Sehwag for final one-dayer

CHENNAI, India - Record-scoring opener Sachin Tendulkar and fellow batsman Virender Sehwag will be rested for India’s third and final one-day international against South Africa in Ahmedabad on Saturday, the Indian cricket board said in a statement.

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Published: Thu 25 Feb 2010, 9:41 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Nov 2023, 4:22 PM

Tendulkar became the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs on Wednesday, his 200 not out setting up India’s 153-run win at Gwalior and a winning 2-0 lead in the series.

Sehwag played in the Gwalior match despite suffering from a sore back which he sustained during the opening game.


Squad: Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Sudeep Tyagi, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Abhimanyu Mithun and Ashish Nehra.


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