India retain same squad for remaining four ODIs against AusTRALIA

Pacer Ishant Sharma retained his place despite his struggle for form as India on Sunday named an unchanged squad, which played in the first three ODIs, for the remaining four games in the seven-match series against Australia. Under-fire Ishant had a forgettable outing in the third ODI on Saturday, as he gave away 30 runs in one over to tilt the match in Australia’s favour, but he still figured in the 15-member squad named by the selectors. Captain Mehandra Singh Dhoni had, however, hinted that Ishant could retain his place when he said he would like to give struggling players a longer rope. Not only Ishant, who has conceded 189 runs for two wickets in the three matches for an economy rate of 7.87, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and R Vinay Kumar, have also been found wanting, especially in the death overs.