Dhoni vice captain for ODIs; Sehwag axed

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today named the vice captain for the upcoming ODI matches in Ireland and Scotland while Virender Sehwag was dropped.

Veterans Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, who were rested for the one-day series in Bangladesh last month, were included in the 15-member squad.

Tendulkar, however, was retained as vice captain in the Test squad that is to visit England.

The team for the seven ODIs against England is to be announced later.

The 15-member squad for Ireland and Scotland ODIs: Rahul Dravid (Captain), MS Dhoni (Vice Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Kaarthick, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Robin Uthappa and Rohit Sharma.

The 16-member squad for three Tests against England: Rahul Dravid (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar (Vice Captain), Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Kaarthick, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Anil Kumble, Ramesh Powar, Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma and Ranadeb Bose.