Sachin, Sehwag rested for Ahmedabad ODI

CHENNAI: With India having taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag have been rested for the third and concluding match of the ODI series against South Africa at Ahmedabad Saturday.

The national selection committee that met here Thursday included Karnataka fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun and middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma in the team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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