India name full strength side for Bangladesh
Reuters, Kolkata
Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra has been left out of India's squad for this month's two-Test series against Bangladesh due to an abdominal strain.Nehra was replaced by Shib Shankar Paul in the squad named on Wednesday, which also included fast bowler Gagandeep Singh. The other players involved in the current Test series against South Africa have been retained. Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped during the Test series against Australia last month, was not selected despite returning to form with a blazing 78 in a one-day match against Pakistan on November 13. The first Test is in Dhaka from December 9-13 and the second in Chittagong from December 16-20. SQUAD
Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangi-purappu Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Murali Kartik, Shib Shankar Paul, Gagandeep Singh.
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