Dinesh Mongia in V V S Laxman's place is the only real surprise in the 15-member Indian team for February's World Cup in South Africa.
Medium-pacer Rakesh Patel -- like Laxman, a member of the Indian side currently playing the one day series in New Zealand -- also did not make the World Cup squad.
The selectors included Parthiv Patel as the specialist wicketkeeper in the side.
Board of Cricket for Control in India secretary S K Nair announced the team after the selection committee held a tele-conference with captain Sourav Ganguly and coach John Wright.
Laxman's omission was expected after he scored just 613 runs this year from 21 one-day matches at an average of 30.65. In comparison, left-hander Mongia made 739 runs at an average of 35.19 from 23 matches.
The World Cup team: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Mongia, Sanjay Bangar, Ashish Nehra and Ajit Agarkar.
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