Yuvraj, Khurasia, Sanghvi recalled

mumbai: two exciting left-hand strokemakers, one young, one not so young, were recalled to the indian side to tour sri lanka for the triangular series involving new zealand and the host country from july 20. yuvraj singh, 20, who fell out of favour because of inconsistency and amay khurasia, 29, who was a passenger for the world cup 1999, were brought back as replacements for dinesh mongia and sachin tendulkar, who is nursing a sole injury. bcci secretary j.y. lele said tendulkar would join the team for the last league game against new zealand on july 31. also brought back was left-arm spinner rahul sanghvi, in place of medium-pacer harvinder singh. sanghvi hasn't played in odis since india toured zimbabwe in 1998. he is reported to be touring australia with bishen singh bedi. chandu borde, chairman of the selection committee, said khurasia would open with ganguly as he is an attacking player. "he opens for mp and central zone. he can do a lot of damage in the first 15 overs." about yuvraj, the chairman was reminded of his statement not long ago that he was found wanting . "we have been lacking in ground fielding, sodhi's fine work has been a pep for the team, one more man will help us. borde added "yuvraj is a good striker of the ball and we are giving him another opportunity." borde said there was a lengthy debate for the choice between mongia and yuvraj. he said among others who were considered was sunil joshi. borde said left-arm spinner sanghvi was picked "because we are told wickets in sri lanka can turn. they can also help the medium-pacers if there is rain. we are keeping both options open." bodre said: "i am disappointed to find our team not delivering the goods. i asked the captain about it and he too sounded most disappointed." border added the selectors and captain also discussed the plans for the test series in august. "we discussed about the opening position, openers like sadagopan (ramesh), vinayak mane, conner williams, wasim jaffer, gautam gabhir, sanjay bangar and sriram. harvinder will also be in the reckoning for the test." asked if any other 'keeper was discussed borde said "dighe kept very well, he has improved his keeping. his batting is good and he loves the challenge. he also batted well against the aussies, he tries his best." anant mate, the secretary of the maharashtra cricket association, is the tour manager taking over from chetan chauhan. the squad:saurav ganguly (captain), rahul dravid (vice-captain), v v s laxman, hemang badani, sameer dighe (wk), zaheer khan, ashish nehra, virender sehwag, harbhajan singh, reetinder singh sodhi, ajit agarkar, debashish mohanty, rahul sanghvi, yuvraj singh, amay khurasia.