KANPUR. India. Dec II Indian selectors on Tuesday retained Sachin Tendulkar as captain and named two tin capped players In a 16 man | squad for tneir tour of South , Aims starting on December 19 reports Reuter

Jagmohan Dalmtya. sei re lary of the Board of Control lor Cricket In India (BCC1), said Tendulkar would lead Inflla on the lours to South Africa. Zimbabwe and I he West Indies

Wicketkeeper Saba Karlin who toured the West Indies with 1 India In 1988 89 and medium pacer Doddanaraalah Ganesh, were the only uncapped players , Included tn tne squad | Wicketkeeperbatsman I Pankaj Dharmanl was chosen as a apn lallsl batsman

Opener Vikram Rathore and left arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju haw been recalled while left arm aplnner Sunil Joshi and off spinner Aashish Kapoor — both playing In the current Teal against South Africa at Kanpur — haw been omitted.

India are scheduled to play three Tests against South Africa and compete in a triangular series which will also in volve Zimbabwe

At the end of the South African lour on February 12. India will play two one-day tn-ternatlonals against Zimbabwe before proceeding to the West Indies, where they are scheduled to play five Tests and tour one-dayers

DalnUya said some changes may be made to the squad after the three Tests in South Alrlca.

SQUAD

Sachin Tendulkar (captain). Anil Kumble (vice captain). Wo orkerl Raman. Vikram Rathore. Saurav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin. Rahul Dravid. Vangipurappu Laxman. Pankaj Dharmanl. Nayan Mongla. Saba Karim. Javagal Srinath. Venkateah Prasad. David Johnson. Doddana rastah Ganesh and Venkata -pathy Raju