The senior trio of Sachin Tendulkar , Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh returned to the Indian squad, while Harbhajan Singh was ignored, for the first Test against the West Indies , at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi , beginning November 6.Tamil Nadu off-spinner R Ashwin found a place in the 15-member squad, picked by the Krishnamachari Srikkanth-led selection committee in Kolkata on Friday, which also has four other new faces in Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma.
Tendulkar, Sehwag and Yuvraj, who missed the ODI series in England as well as the return rubber at home due to injuries, were recalled for the November 6-10 match.
After his below-par performance on the tour of England , out-of-form off-spinner Harbhajan continues to be sidelined, with the selectors preferring Ashwin over him.
Right-arm pacer Ishant Sharma , who was also not a part of India's ODI squad against England due to an injury, returs to the team, to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni .
Among those who did not find a place in the Test squad that visited England this summer are left-hand batsman-all-rpunder Suresh Raina , leg-spinner Amit Mishra and pacer Praveen Kumar .
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha , who toured England for the Test series, retain his place as also young right-hand batsman Virat Kohli.
Senior batsmen Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman , who no longer play ODIs, were also named in the squad.
The squad has eight specialist batsmen, three spinners, three pacers, with Dhoni the lone wicketkeeper.
The squad: M S Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir , Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Sharma.
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