Seniors land in Mumbai after Aussie tour

Mumbai: Senior cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Zahir Khan, along with Rohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav, arrived here on Saturday night from Australia on conclusion of the Indian tour.

Tendulkar, Zahir, Sharma and Yadav had separated from rest of the squad at Singapore to take a connecting flight to Mumbai.

While Zaheer and Yadav have been rested for India's next engagement, Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Tendulkar and Rohit are part of the squad to take part in the event commencing March 11.

Tendulkar, Zahir, along with Rohit and Umesh, had separated from rest of the squad at Singapore.

Rohit has also been named in the Mumbai squad to take part in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day inter-zonal tournament in Delhi from next week.

India had a disastrous tour of Australia losing the Test series 4-0 and failing to make the finals of the triangular ODI.

Sri Lanka will take on Australia in the best of three finals starting Sunday.

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