India's Sachin Tendulkar has been rested for the first three matches of a seven-match one-day series against England starting at Rajkot on November 14."Considering the hectic schedule ahead and the amount of cricket he has already played this season, Sachin Tendulkar requested that he be rested for the first three ODIs," read an Indian board statement.
Indian selectors named a 15-man squad for the matches at Rajkot, Indore (November 17) and Kanpur (Novermber 20) with Murali Vijay the only new face.
The Tamil Nadu batsman is expected to make his international debut in the final Test against Australia after being brought in as replacement for opener Gautam Gambhir, who is serving a one-Test ban.
The other four one-dayers will be played at Bangalore, Cuttack, Guwahati and New Delhi.
England arrive on Thursday and will also play two Tests in Ahmedabad and Mumbai in December.
The team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Rudra Pratap Singh, Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay.
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