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 India to rest Sachin, Pathan, Harbhajan
 Dhaka, Dec 25: India have decided to rest Sachin Tendulkar, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh for the second one-day international cricket match against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here tomorrow. The trio will make way for Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan, who sat out the first match in Chittagong Thursday, while Murali Kartik will get to play his first game on the tour as he comes in for Harbhajan Singh.
Captain Sourav Ganguly said Dinesh Mongia would also find a place in the 11 for the day-night encounter although a final decision was yet to be made.
 "We have to decide on who to leave out," Ganguly said, as India look for a series whitewash in the last two matches to be played back-to-back under lights here. Ganguly had said before the one-day series that he would give the youngsters in the side a chance as the team prepares for the Pakistan series at home in February-March next year.
The newcomers proved a bit of a success. Sridharan Sriram made a good comeback to pick three for 43 but he might have liked to score a few runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who replaced Dinesh Kaarthick as wicketkeeper-batsman, had an ordinary debut as he was run out after facing just one ball. Joginder Sharma of Haryana did reasonably well to pick 1-28. (Agencies)
Published: Saturday, December 25, 2004
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India in Bangladesh
