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*Mumbai:* Temperamental paceman _S Sreesanth_, whose on-field antics have often landed him in trouble, was on Tuesday surprisingly included in India's 15-member squad for the first two cricket Tests against Sri Lanka starting November 16 in Ahmedabad.
Pace spearhead _Zaheer Khan_ expectedly returned to the squad after recovering from a shoulder injury, which had kept him out of the tri-series in Sri Lanka and the ensuing Champions Trophy in September.
The team to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni also includes Tamil Nadu players opener _Murali Vijay_ and middle-order batsman _S Badrinath_, while pacers _Ashish Nehra_ and _Munaf Patel_ were ignored.
Nehra did reasonably well in the ongoing one-day series against Australia, failed to find a place in the squad announced by BCCI secretary N Srinivasan after a meeting of the selection panel here.
The selection of Sreesanth raised eyebrows as the Kerala pacer has not really done anything significant in the domestic circuit since recovering from a back injury.
The selection seems all the more baffling given the fact that the bowler, who has a history of disciplinary indiscretions, was only last month given a final warning by the BCCI to mend his ways.
The 26-year-old Sreesanth will return to the Test fold after more than a year having played his last Test in April 2008 against South Africa in Kanpur.
India last played a Test match in April this year against New Zealand and the players to miss out from that squad are pacer Laxmipathy Balaji, wicketkeeper-batsman _Dinesh Karthik_ and _Dhawal Kulkarni_.
Batsmen _Suresh Raina_ and _Virat Kohli_, all-rounder _Ravindra Jadeja_ and pacer _Praveen Kumar_, who are playing in the ongoing series against Australia, were not considered for selection for the three-match Test series.
As expected, the veteran batting duo of _Rahul Dravid_ and V V S Laxman retained their places.
Barring Sreesanth's comeback, there were no major surprises in the squad, which has eight specialist batsmen, three pacers, three spinners and one wicketkeeper in Dhoni.
Zaheer's return will bolster the pace department which also has an off-colour _Ishant Sharma_, who has been retained despite his indifferent performance in last few months.
Off-spinner _Harbhajan Singh_ will lead the spin attack with leg-spinner _Amit Mishra_ and young left-armer Pragyan Ojha supporting him.
While _Virender Sehwag_ and _Gautam Gambhir_ will open the innings, _Murali Vijay_ has been picked as reserve.
The middle-order has a stable look with Dravid, _Sachin Tendulkar_, Laxman and _Yuvraj Singh_ forming a formidable line-up.
The Indian play the first Test in Ahmedabad followed by two more Tests in Kanpur (November 24 to 28) and Mumbai (December 2 to 6).
After the Test series, the Sri Lankans will play two Twenty20 matches and five one-dayers.
*Team:* Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), _Virender Sehwag_, _Sachin Tendulkar_, _Gautam Gambhir_, _Rahul Dravid_, V V S Laxman, _Yuvraj Singh_, _Harbhajan Singh_, _Amit Mishra_, _Zaheer Khan_, _Ishant Sharma_, M Vijay, Pragyan Ojha, _S Sreesanth_ and _S Badrinath_.
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