India were knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy by old rivals Pakistan in England last month at the semifinal stage, but Wright says the limited-overs setback will have no bearing on the four-match Test series which starts here on Wednesday.

They have not played a Test since defeating Pakistan 2-1 in April, a series which followed a creditable 1-1 draw in Australia.

"Now we're back to Test cricket and we've played some very good Test cricket over the last two series," said Wright after a 15-man India squad was named Friday.

"Sometimes it's difficult to get momentum going in one-dayers and most of the boys are really looking forward to getting into Test mode. I've never had any doubts about this side. I've always had huge trust and enormous belief in their ability."

India have been bolstered by the return of Sachin Tendulkar even though he has still not fully recovered from an elbow injury while Mohammad Kaif and Murali Kartik were also named in the squad for the first Two Tests.

But Wright expects them to play well in the series opener, whether Tendulkar makes the final eleven or not.

Not surprisingly, Sourav Ganguly was named captain for the whole series.

Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar were the three fast bowlers names which meant Ashish Nehra was left out.

Wright offered words of consolation to Nehra.

"Ashish has done well in the one-dayers, but the fact that Ajit has such a good record against Australia went in his favour."

Agarkar has taken 29 wickets in eight previous Test appearances against Australia, but only one of them -- at Mumbai four years ago -- was on home soil.

Ganguly was also happy with the personnel provided for him by the selectors.

"This is the best possible team at this stage," he said.