The 30-year-old was included in a 15-man squad for the first two Tests of the four-match series against Alastair Cook’s tourists which opens in Ahmedabad on November 15.
The selectors also brought back seasoned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh into the Test squad for the first time since August last year.
Harbhajan is the third specialist spinner in the squad alongside Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha.
Middle-order batsman Suresh Raina was dropped.Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane are the reserve batsmen in the squad to be led by wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Left-armer Zaheer Khan spearheads the new-ball attack that includes Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav, but only two of them are expected to make the playing-eleven.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2012.
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