Tendulkar, Harbhajan Nehra rested

HARARE, JUNE 21. Sachin Tendulkar, Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh have been rested for the limited overs practice match against Zimbabwe `A' here on Friday.

Tendulkar is nursing a ham-string strain. ``He will be fit for India's first match,'' said manager Chetan Chauhan. India meets Zimbabwe in its first match of the triangular series at the Harare Sports Club on June 24.

Nehra is recovering from a stiff neck while Harbhajan has no injury alarms.

The teams (from): India: Sourav Ganguly (Captain), V. V. S. Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Hemang Badani, Dinesh Mongia, Virender Sehwag, Sameer Dighe, Ajit Agarkar, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Zaheer Khan, Harvinder Singh and Debasis Mohanty.

Zimbabwe `A': Paul Strang (Captain), Gary Brent, Hamilton Masacadza, Gavin Rennie, Barney Rogers, Titendo Taibu, Dirk Viljoen, Craig Wishart, Stuart Mateukendra, David Mutendera and Bryan Strang.

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