Sreeshant is back in the Indian Test team to tour England. Sehwag will miss the first two weeks due to his injury, but will play after that.
Zaheer, Munaf, Sreeshant join the triumphant duo of Praveen and Ishant Sharma. The spin attack is in the hands of Bajji.
Yuvraj, Gambhir, Sachin, Sehwag all return to the India squad. It is a full strength squad, rising to the challenge of England, who said they will beat India in their home ground.
Sachin came back after skipping the Carribean tour because of badly needed rest, Yuvraj also came back after missing the WI tour due to chest infection while Gambhir, Gautam and Sreeshant came back after injury breaks. Kohli and Vijay were dropped, while Raina's good performance helped him to retain his place.
The reserve opener Abhinav Mukund goes to England and Saha edged out Parthiv Patel. Cheteswar Pujara missed out again due to injury.
Munaf came back after injury problems and he along with Zaheer and Sreeshant and the in form Ishant and Praveen will pose problems for the English batsmen, particularly in a country where the ball swings from morn till eve.
Sreeshant said that he will waiting for the Test at Lords, to see Sachin crack his 100th century !
Squad
Dhoni ( wk and cpt ), Yuvraj, Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid, Laxman, Gambhir, Raina, Mukund, Saha ( reserve wk ), Amit Mishra, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Munaf, Sreeshant, Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma.
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