Test career stats of Team India

India's new selection committee retained former captain Sourav Ganguly in the Test squad for the first two matches against Australia starting on October 9.

Also included in the 15-man squad was the uncapped duo of Tamil Nadu batsman Subramaniam Badrinath and Haryana leggie Amit Mishra.

Wicetkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned to the Test squad after missing the Sri Lanka

Here's a look the Test career statistics of the 15-man squad:

Bowling:

Player	Mts	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	5WI	10WM	Avg	SR	RPO
A Kumble	130	6710.1	1560	18069	616	10-74	35	8	29.33	65.36	2.69
MS Dhoni	29	1	0	13	0	0-13	0	0	-	-	13.00
R Dravid	125	20	4	39	1	1-18	0	0	39.00	120.00	1.95
S Ganguly	109	519.3	108	1681	32	3-28	0	0	52.53	97.41	3.24
Harbhajan Singh	69	3158.4	612	8985	291	8-84	22	5	30.88	65.13	2.84
VVS Laxman	96	54	12	126	2	1-2	0	0	63.00	162.00	2.33
Munaf Patel	9	315	68	940	28	4-25	0	0	33.57	67.50	2.98
Virender Sehwag	60	298.1	44	902	24	3-12	0	0	37.58	74.54	3.03
Ishant Sharma	9	247.1	45	833	23	5-118	1	0	36.22	64.48	3.37
RP Singh	13	388.2	52	1564	40	5-59	1	0	39.10	58.25	4.03
Sachin Tendulkar	150	643.4	81	2212	42	3-10	0	0	52.67	91.95	3.44
Zaheer Khan	56	1827	365	6064	178	5-29	5	0	34.07	61.58	3.32

Batting:

Player	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s	0s	Ct	St
A Kumble (captain)	130	171	32	2456	110*	17.67	1	5	17	59	0
S Badrinath	Yet to make debut
MS Dhoni	29	47	5	1418	148	33.76	1	9	2	68	14
Rahul Dravid	125	216	26	10246	270	53.93	25	52	6	176	0
Gautam Gambhir	17	29	2	1002	139	37.11	1	6	1	17	0
Sourav Ganguly	109	180	15	6888	239	41.75	15	34	12	71	0
Harbhajan Singh	69	97	18	1209	66	15.30	0	4	13	37	0
VVS Laxman	96	158	21	6000	281	43.80	12	35	9	102	0
Amit Mishra	Yet to make debut
Munaf Patel	9	10	3	32	13	4.57	0	0	4	5	0
Virender Sehwag	60	102	4	5157	319	52.62	15	14	9	46	0
Ishant Sharma	9	14	9	92	23	18.40	0	0	4	5	0
RP Singh	13	17	3	91	30	6.50	0	0	6	6	0
Sachin Tendulkar	150	244	25	11877	248*	54.23	39	49	14	98	0
Zaheer Khan	56	75	18	671	75	11.77	0	1	18	13	0

Tri-nation Twenty20 series in 2009

Twenty20 cricket is poised to take its next big step in 2009 with India, Australia and South Africa planning to play in the first-ever "super series", which is proposed to be held in two of those countries.

As the first non-ICC multilateral tournament involving national teams, this event will mark a paradigm shift for the sport's newest format but it faces several hurdles such as finding a window in an already crowded calendar, and negotiating the ICC ruling that allows a maximum of seven Twenty20 matches a year per country.

"It will be somewhat similar to the Tri-Nations rugby series," Gerald Majola, chief executive of Cricket South Africa (CSA), told Cricinfo. "It will be happening next year, and the matches will be held in South Africa and Australia."

However, organisers are yet to finalise a window for the tournament next year, he said.

The Tri-Nations rugby Cup is an annual tournament featuring South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, which was first contested in 1996. The competition is organised by a consortium formed by rugby's governing bodies in the three countries. The 2008 event involved nine matches with each country getting three home games.

Majola said the proposed Twenty20 series - which was finalised during discussions in Dubai recently on the sidelines of the ICC meeting of chief executives - will have a distinct identity of its own. "At this point of time, we are confident that it will take place but we haven't finalized venues, details of the prize money or sponsorship," he said.

The international calendar for next year is already packed with the Ashes and the World Twenty20 in England. These will be followed by the Champions Twenty20 League, and a one-day series between India and Australia. Space is yet to be found for the postponed Champions Trophy as well.

The Twenty20 format took off with the World Twenty20 in South Africa last year that was won by India, home of the largest television market for the game. It soon led to the franchise-based IPL, which offered a prize money of US$1.2million, and was held across eight venues in India earlier this year.

Subsequently, the Indian board took the lead in organizing the US$6million Champions Twenty20 League - to be held in India from December 3-10 - that will involve the domestic Twenty20 champions of India, Australia, South Africa, England and Pakistan.

However, concerns have been raised by the ICC over the need to have more control of such leagues, and Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, even sought one annual tournament to avoid the game being taken over by its shortest format.

Packed 2009 calendar

* Common events for all three countries
Apr 10 - May 29: Indian Premier League
Jun 5 - Jun 21: World Twenty20
Sep 25 - Oct 10: Champions League

* India
Jan 6 - Feb 19: Tour of Pakistan
Mar 6 - Apr 7: Tour of New Zealand
Oct 13 onwards: ODIs v Australia
Nov and Dec: Home series v Sri Lanka
Dec: Tour of Bangladesh

* Australia
Till Jan 30: Home series v South Africa
Feb 1 - Feb 15: limited-overs matches v New Zealand
Feb 20 - Apr 17: Tour of South Africa
Jun 24 - Sep 20: Ashes
Oct 13 onwards: ODIs v India
Nov: Home series v Pakistan
Dec: Home series v West Indies

* South Africa
Jan - Apr: Series v Australia
Nov and Dec: Home series v England

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'Varudu' not any more the same!

Trivikram Srinivas-Mahesh Babu combination had worked wonders earlier in the form of Athadu, and later in their brief stint with Jalsa too. (It should be remembered that Mahesh had share in Jalsa by lending voice over to the movie.) The star and the director share good rapport, and they planned to work for another movie. Hare Rama Hare Krishna was first planned with M S Raju as producer but the project was called off. Then they finally stated to work on good romantic subject with a tentative title Varudu. And then, they started search for the right "vadhuvu" (bridge) for Varudu (groom). While Trivikram said that he plans to complete the film by the end of the year, Mahesh clearly stated that the film would not release this year. Now, more news comes in about the film!

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