Indian Selectors have given a surprise recall to temperamental fast bowler Sreesanth in its 15-man squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth is on a final warning from the BCCI to keep a check on his on-field behaviour. The fast bowler was also warned by the Kerala Cricket Association for skipping their practice sessions. Sreesanth by the way is the Captain of the Kerala Ranji Team and has been a match-winner for India with 4 four-wicket hauls and 1 fifer in the 14 Tests he has played till date.

The 26-year-old Sreesanth has been selected ahead of Ashish Nehra who had decent success in his ODI comeback. Sreesanth, however scores over the other bowlers because of a combination of pace, swing and seam. The Kerala pacer has this gift of bowling with a totally upright seam unlike many other bowlers. He now joins Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma as the third pacer in the squad. Zaheer Khan comes back into international cricket after a lay off due to a shoulder injury. Batting wise there are no surprises really other than the presence of two reserve players in Murali Vijay and S Badrinath, both from Tamil Nadu.

India has picked three spinners with Hyderabad’s young left armer Pragyan Ojha joining the duo of Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra, who are both certain to be in the playing XI. The first two Tests are at Ahmedabad and Kanpur while the third and final Test is at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

India Test Squad : MS Dhoni (Captain and Wicket Keeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Murali Vijay and S Badrinath.

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