Srinath rested; Kartik, Kaif, Yuvraj in

Mumbai, May 15: Delhi batsman Virendra Sehwag and Railways spinner Murali Kartik were among the five new players named in India's one day team to play five one-day matches against West Indies starting on May 25.

Middle-order batsmen Mohmmad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and pacer Ajit Agarkar were the other three players who were selected in the squad of 15, selection committee convenor and BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters here.

The selectors have rested pace bowler Javagal Srinath. The other players from the team, now playing in the Test series, who will return are Wasim Jaffer, Sanjay Bangar, Shiv Sunder Das, Deep Dasgupta and Sarandeep Singh.

Kartik, now touring Sri Lanka with the India 'A' team will fly to the Caribbean from there and off-spinner Sarandeep Singh will replace him in the 'A' team.

As per the new declared policy of the Cricket Board, Selection Committee Chairman Chandu Borde did not meet the press and Niranjan Shah said he couldn't speak either.

Shah also said BCCI has nominated legendary off-spinner E A S Prasanna as supplementary Match Refree to ICC. He also said two umpires - A V Jayaprakash of Karnataka and K Hariharan of Delhi - were nominated to the ICC umpires panel.

The Team:

Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag, V V S Laxman, Dinesh Mongia, Mohd Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Ajay Ratra, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Tinu Yohanan.