Irfan Pathan Replaces Yadav for Last 2 ODIs

Ahmedabad: All-rounder Irfan Pathan has been called up to India's 15-man squad for the remaining two one-day games against West Indies so Umesh Yadav can acclimatise in Australia for an upcoming Test series.

The Indian cricket board made the announcement in a statement after West Indies won by 16 runs on Monday to trail 2-1 in the five-match series.

Pathan last represented India during the Twenty20 World Cup in England in June 2009.

India squad for 4th & 5th ODI: Virender Sehwag (captain), Parthiv Patel (wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vinay Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Varun Aaron, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithun.

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South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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