The national cricket selection committee today decided to replace injured Sachin Tendulkar with Rohan Gavaskar in India's ICC Champions Trophy squad.
Announcing this here, Cricket Board Joint Secretary Prof Ratnakar Shetty said the decision to replace Tendulkar, who was today ruled out of cricketing action for another fortnight because of tennis elbow, was taken by four national selectors.
"I spoke to four selectors, including chairman (Syed Kirmani), but could not contact Kirti Azad. Kirmani too could not get in touch with him. The other four selectors decided to retain Gavaskar in the squad as Tendulkar's replacement," Shetty told PTI here.
India are set to open their campaign in the Mini World Cup on September 11 against Kenya at the Rose Bowl, Hampshire and have another league tie scheduled on September 19 against Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham.