New Delhi: India Test captain Virat Kohli, premier batsman Shikhar Dhawan and speedster Ishant Sharma have been named in the Delhi one-day side which will be led by Gautam Gambhir for the North Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare Trophy between December 10 and 18.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/dec/gauti-kohli.jpg" alt="" />Gautam Gambhir (L) plays football with teammate Virat Kohli during a practice session at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in November 2011. Pic/AFP&nbsp;
The trio has been selected keeping in mind that India's tour of Pakistan looks unlikely at the moment and there is a one-month window before the team travels to Australia in January for the limited-overs series.
In case the Pakistan series happens, three stand byes&nbsp;have also been announced.
However, the selection committee chaired by Vinay Lamba&nbsp;could not give a convincing answer as to why India's current&nbsp;Test captain and a prolific one-day player like Kohli was not&nbsp;named captain if he is available.
"We had announced Gautam as the captain for the whole&nbsp;season as the international players were not supposed to be&nbsp;available. I don't think one should make a big issue if Virat&nbsp;plays under Gautam," Lamba told PTI after the meeting was held&nbsp;at the Roshanara ground today.
However, he clarified that the selectors are yet to speak&nbsp;to the India players confirming their availability.
A similar case of miscommunication had happened when Ishant Sharma was not initially named in the four-day squad despite being available as he could not be contacted at the time of the meeting.
"Look we have not had any direct contact with the players&nbsp;but we did not want to take any chances in case they are&nbsp;available. But as a safety measure, we have kept three stand&nbsp;byes also," Lamba said.
Interestingly, when Kohli played for Delhi in a&nbsp;Challengers Trophy tournament back in 2013, he led the side&nbsp;that had both Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.&nbsp;
For the record, veteran pacer Ashish Nehra, who has quit&nbsp;the longer format, has been selected in the one day side.
Squad: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Unmukt Chand, Shikhar&nbsp;Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Milind Kumar, Manan Sharma,&nbsp;Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan, Ishant Sharma,&nbsp;Navdeep Saini, Subodh Bhati, Shivam Sharma, Rahul Yadav (wk).&nbsp;
Stand byes: Dhruv Shorey (Shikhar Dhawan), Vaibhav Rawal&nbsp;(Virat Kohli), Vikas Tokas (Ishant Sharma).

India Test captain Virat Kohli, premier batsman Shikhar Dhawan and speedster Ishant Sharma have been named in the Delhi one-day side which will be led by Gautam Gambhir for the North Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare Trophy between December 10 and 18

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