29 players called up for training camps next month by BCCI

Mumbai, May 26 (UNI) As many as 29 players have been called up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the training camps to be held next month in the cities of Mysore and Bangalore before selecting the team for Ireland and England tours.

The Cricket Board has called up 14 bowlers and 15 batsmen for the training camps, a BCCI release said here today.

The bowlers' camp will be held from June 4-8 at the Infosys Campus in Mysore, while the batsmen's camp will be held at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore from June 9-12.

These camps would be followed by a conditioning camp for the players selected for Ireland and England tours (on June 12) at the NCA from June 13-16, the release added.

Among those selected for the batsmen's camp is Mohd Kaif, largely out of favour with the selectors recently, while Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Irfan Pathan, who were ignored for the Bangladesh tour, have got the nod for the bowlers' camp.

Selected players for the two camps: Bowlers camp (June 4-8 at Mysore): Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, V R V Singh, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, Ranadeb Bose, Munaf Patel, Anil Kumble, Ramesh Powar, Rajesh Pawar, Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Oza.

Leg spinner Piyush Chawla and medium pacer V Yo Mahesh have not been included in the bowlers' camp as they would be leaving for training at the Australian Cricket Academy on June 2.

Batsmen's camp (June 9-12 at Bangalore): Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Wasim Jaffer, V V S Laxman, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, M S Dhoni, Dinesh Kartik, Rohit Sharma, Mohd Kaif, S Badrinath and Yuvraj Singh.

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