Uncapped players in Davis squad

The Indian squad for the forthcoming Davis Cup announced in New Delhi on Tuesday had a few surprises. Uncapped Vivek Shokeen and Somdev Dev Varman were included in the team for the Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round away tie against Uzbekistan in Namangan from February 9 to 11. This was in the wake of Rohan Bopanna's pull out and injury to Prakash Amritraj.

Leander Paes will be the playing captain and will lead a young group that also includes Karan Rastogi and Sunil Kumar Sipaeya as the fifth player. With the team missing the services of Mahesh Bhupathi and the unexpected withdrawal of Bopanna, the pressure seems to be mounting on the team, so are the expectations.