As reported by MiD DAY on Friday, the national selectors named Gautam Gambhir as captain of India for the five-match one-day series against New Zealand.

Gambhir earned the leadership role due to a break given to regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the series. Seniors Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were rested too before the all-important Test and one-day tour to South Africa next month.

Veteran Ashish Nehra, who was part of India's one-day squad, has not been considered. Sources told Sunday MiD DAY on Saturday that Nehra failed to report to the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore where he would have been tested for his fitness.u00a0 The first one-dayer will be played in Guwahati on Nov 28.

The ODI squad has fast bowler Munaf Patel, who was preferred to Ishant Sharma. It is learnt that skipper Gambhir, who attended the selection meeting, was keen to have Munaf. Ishant is in the Test team to SA.

The Teams:

India one-day team:
G Gambhir (captain), Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, S Tiwary, W Saha,
R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel, S Sreesanth, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja.

India Test squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), V Sehwag, G Gambhir, R Dravid, S Tendulkar, VVSu00a0 Laxman, S Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, M Vijay, C Pujara, W Saha, J Unadkat, U Yadav, P Ojha.