Dhoni to captain Twenty20 team

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Tuesday named captain of the Indian cricket team for the Twenty-20 World Cup in South Africa next month.

He will also be vice captain of the ODI team in England.

Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh made a comeback and were included in the Twenty-20 squad announced by BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah in Mumbai.

Irfan Pathan's younger brother Yusuf has also been included in the squad.

Yuvraj Singh will be Dhoni's deputy at the tournament that runs from September 11 to 28.

Apart from Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly who had earlier opted out of tournament, fast bowler Zaheer Khan has also been rested.

Meanwhile, pacer S Sreesanth was dropped from the Indian ODI team for the seven-match series against England, which was also picked by the selectors on Tuesday.

Munaf Patel, who was ignored for Test series and the preceding one-dayers against Ireland and South Africa, was recalled to replace Sreesanth.

Twenty-20 World Cup squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Dinesh Kaarthick, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Joginder Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, S Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan, Rudra Pratap Singh and Rohit Sharma.

ODIs vs England squad: Rahul Dravid (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Ramesh Powar, Dinesh Kaarthick, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, Rudra Pratap Singh, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar.