India axe Sehwag for last two Australia Tests

Veteran opener Virender Sehwag has been dropped from the Indian Test for the remaining two Tests against Australia, according to Times of India.

India's national selectors named a 14-member squad for the Tests in Mohali and Delhi.

Sehwag was widely expected to be dropped follow a run of poor scores failed to fire in five consecutive Tests after getting a century in the opening game of the home series against England at Ahmedabad in November-December last year.

Although India thumped Australia by 212 runs and by an innings to take a 2-0 series lead, Sehwag and Murali Vijay could produce only 11, 16 and 17 runs.

Ajinkya Rahane is likely to partner Murali Vijay who made a stylish 167 during the second Test in Hyderabad.

Indian squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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