ROI squad for Irani trophy announced: Harbhajan Singh to lead; Gambhir, Karthik get the nod; Sehwag & Yuvraj left out

Harbhajan Singh

The BCCI has announced the squad of the Rest Of India team, that will be facing Karnataka, the new Ranji Trophy champions at the Irani Trophy finals.

The match will take place between 9th of February to 14th of February. The match will be held in Bangalore.

Harbhajan had led the ROI team last year also, which Rest Of India had won for the 8th consecutive time.

The full squad is as follows: Harbhajan Singh(c), Gautam Gambhir, Jiwanjyot Singh, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Ankit Bawne, Dinesh Karthik, Amit Mishra, Ashok Dinda, Parvez Rasool, Varun Aaron, Pankaj Singh, Anureet Singh, Mandeep Singh and Natraj Behera.

RoI squad: Bhajji (C), Jiwanjyot, Gambhir, Aparajith, Jadhav, Bawne, Kartik, Mishra, Pankaj, Dinda, Aaron, Rasool, Anureet, Behera, Mandeep

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 3, 2014