Zaheer Khan has been left out of the Twenty20 World Champion-ship because of a bruised heel, Dilip Vengsarkar, India's chairman of selectors, has confirmed. He also said Sreesanth's axing, for the one-day series in England, had nothing to do with his attitude and wished it would act as a spur-on for The Oval Test.

Zaheer has been included for the seven-match ODI series following the Oval Test but left out of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. "Zaheer Khan has a bruised heel. He will require rest and he's got three weeks," Vengsarkar said. "He's asked us to give him rest."

He also justified Munaf Patel's callup, at the expense of Sreesanth. "Munaf is in form. I think he's bowling well. He is playing the KSCA tournament at the moment and he is fit. He will be useful here. Sreesanth has not been dropped because of attitude. He is out of the squad only for the one-dayers but will be there for the Twenty20. It should spur him on and he should do much better. Definitely he should playin the Test match.