Ravindra Jadeja back in Test Team, Harbhajan Singh Dropped

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja made a comeback into the Indian Test team, while ace spinner Harbhajan Singh has been dropped from the squad. The selectors also made changes to the last two ODIs. Umesh Yadav has been replaced by Sreenath Aravind. Yadav, has, however, remains the part of Test team.

R Ashwin has been ruled out of the ODIs due to a side strain. He is part of the Test team, but it’s not clear whether he will be fit on time or not. Yuvraj Singh’s name was not discussed in the meeting.

ODI Team: MS Dhoni (C/WK), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, S Arvind, Stuart Binny, Ambati Rayudu, Gurkeerat Mann.

India Test squad (First Two Tests): Virat Kohli (C), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma.

Board President XI: Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Unmukt Chand, Karun Nair, Shreyar Iyer, Naman Ojha, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Nathu Singh, Karn Sharma Sheldon Jackson.