Chennai, Feb 12 (PTI) Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and pacer Munaf Patel are set to return for the New Zealand tour when the selectors meet here tomorrow to pick the Indian cricket squad for the one-day series and two Twenty20 matches.
The national selectors are likely to retain most of the players who played in the just-concluded one-day series against Sri Lanka. The Indians won the series by an emphatic 4-1 margin and most of the players chipped in with useful contributions.
Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the two Twenty20 matches as the star batsman has always prefered to stay away from the shortest format of the game.
The squad for the Test series which starts in Hamilton from March 18 will be picked later.
Harbhajan, who did not tour Sri Lanka due to a hamstring injury, and Munaf, who injured himself after playing the first ODI in Dambulla, are certain to make it to the ODI squad.
The duo will most probably replace Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Tamil Nadu pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji.
Jadeja, who made 60 not out in his debut match in Colombo against Sri Lanka, will have to wait for his next call up while Balaji failed to impress the selectors with his wicketless performance in the fifth ODI against Sri Lanka.
PTI
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