Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna to play doubles in the upcoming Davis Cup

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) selection committee on Tuesday decided to keep veteran Leander Paes in the five-member playing squad for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Croatia, making Divij Sharan the reserve member.

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) had to send its final squad to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) by Tuesday.

The national federation had initially announced a six-member squad for the Qualifiers tie, scheduled to be held in Zagreb on the hard courts on March 6-7. Croatia is the top-seeded team in the 24-team Qualifiers.

Sumit Nagal, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan are the singles players in the squad while Paes and Rohan Bopanna will do doubles duty.