Bangalore, Nov 13: The national selectors today included young Baroda paceman Irfan Pathan (Jr) in the 20-member list of probables for the upcoming tour of Australia beginning later this month. Tamil Nadu opening batsman Sadagopan Ramesh and Bengal wicketkeeper batsman Deep Dasgupta are also among the probables for the four-Test series announced by the cricket board secretary S K Nair here.
Nair said the final 16-member squad would be named after India's last league one-day cricket match against New Zealand in the on-going triangular series in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Probables for the Australian tour: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Aakash Chopra, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tednulkar, V V S Laxman, Parthiv Patel, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Avishkar Salvi, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Anil Kumble, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Sadagopan Ramesh, Yuvraj Singh, Hemang Badani, Irfan Pathan (Jr), Ashish Nehra and Deep Dasgupta. Bureau Report