Sachin, Sehwag return for Eng tour
New Delhi: The big names of Indian cricket are all set to tour England in the four Test series beginning from July 15. The BCCI on Saturday announced in the selection meeting that MS Dhoni will lead the side while Gautam Gambhir will be his deputy.
Sachin Tendulkar who rested himself for the ongoing tour to the West Indies has also been named in the squad, whereas Virender Sehwag who has recently undergone a shoulder surgery will join the team a fortnight later.
Middle order batsman Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel have been dropped from the team. Yuvraj Singh is all set to make his comeback in the Test team for India.
Yuvraj, who missed the tour of West Indies because of a chest infection, returns to the Test fold after a gap of almost one year. The left-hander had last played a Test match against Sri Lanka at Galle in July, 2010.
Yuvraj, who has failed to cement his place in the Test squad, gets one more opportunity to prove his worth in the longer format of the game.
Sreesanth, who was also laid low by an elbow injury, returns to action after having last played a Test against South Africa at Cape Town in January this year.
Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund was retained in the squad but pacer Abhimanyu Mithun and spinner Pragyan Ojha couldn't find favour with the selectors.
The squad has as many as five pace bowlers considering the seaming conditions in England. It has two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra.
Squad: MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, S Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Amit Mishra, Yuvraj Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Mukund, VVS Laxman
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