'The Wall' won 52 per cent of the votes. Tendulkar had 48 per cent votes in his favour.
The selectors announced a list of 30 Indian probables, which included out-of-favour players like Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh.
19-year-old Irfan Pathan Jr will replace an injured Zaheer Khan.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were on Saturday promoted to grade 'A'.
Tendulkar top-scored with 93 on his return from injury in the first ODI against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
The Indian skipper said Akram's tips would be useful because the side has quite a few left-arm fast bowlers.
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Wasim Jaffer were left out of the 16-member squad for the Test series in Sri Lanka.
ndian captain Rahul Dravid said past performance will be a factor while choosing the team for the World Cup.
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar have still not recovered fully and are doubtful starters for the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are uncertain for Thursday's match against Sri Lanka.
The chairman of selectors said India needed a bowling coach in addition to a main team coach.
Replying to Uttar Pradesh's first innings of 269, Baroda were 259 for the loss of five wickets at close of play on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Sourav Ganguly and VRV Singh will replace Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh in the Indian team for the first Test in South Africa.
India defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international match in Colombo on Tuesday.
Indian captain Anil Kumble was cleared to play the second Test while paceman Irfan Pathan replaced the injured Sachin Tendulkar.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
After his knock of 76 in 70 balls at Adelaide, Yuvraj Singh has now reduced the gap between him and Sachin Tendulkar in the race to be this season's most valuable Indian ODI player.
The India coach wants his team to adopt a flexible approach since their roles could change depending on the game and their opposition.
Three batches of five players each would take part in the rolling camp ahead of the tri-nation series in Malaysia.
Twelve out of 17 leading players signed for graded payments.
The Indian team seems to be making most of their time in New Zealand. The cricketers are soaking in some breathtaking views from around the Kiwi land including some beautiful lakes, picturesque mountain ranges and are also relishing roaming around city centres without getting mobbed for selfies.
Paceman Irfan Pathan is fifth in the all-rounders' list, while among the bowlers he is 14th and the next highest ranked Indian after Kumble
The historic triumph against Australia in Perth has assured India a rise to the second place in the ICC Test rankings.
Sridharan Sriram makes a comeback into the ODI squad for the ODI against Pakistan on November 13.
Coach Greg Chappell said there's a lot of work to do before India becomes a very good Test team.
India pacer Irfan Pathan says bowling to the Aussie batsmen is a big challenge, but he is confident of doing well Down Under.
Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan assured the BCCI there would be no further breach of the ambush marketing clause.
Although he did nothing of note in the Twenty20 World Cup final against India on Monday, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi still emerged as the tournament's most valuable player (MVP).
India's captain was all praise for Yuvraj Singh and his bowlers too after the 15-run victory over Australia in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
He, along with Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Kaif, had walked the ramp for a designer duo at the Lakme India Fashion Week.
India must look to score runs off Pakistan left-arm pacer Shaheeh Shah Afridi instead of trying to play out his overs when the two arch-rivals clash in the T20 World Cup, former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said on Wednesday.
Black arm bands, head gears and banners of 'Bring back Dada' were seen aplenty in Kolkata
India's captain said the team is looking to improve its batting in the first 15 overs and also cut down on the number of extras.
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