Ishanth Sharma who is suffering a toe injury is not playing the first test. He is not yet fit and his further playing with the injury woud only worsen his condition! India never wanted that!
While he was out, Yuvaraj has been given a chance to prove his credibility in the test version of the game. Murali Karthik opted as third spin bowler was also left out due to injury he sustained during the domestic cricket. While Piyush Chawla has taken over his place.
Dinesh Karthick will play the first test if Dhoni fails to prove his fitness. He has a sprained finger and hence need to prove his fitness.
Anil Kumble is the captain of the team. The trio--Ganguly, Dravid, and VVS Laxman come back to the team.
The squad:
Squad for first two Test Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sreesanth, RP Singh.
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