Yuvraj Singh on Monday returned to India's Test foldafter a year along with senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in the 15-membersquad announced on Monday for the first two Tests against England startingNovember 15.
Yuvraj, who is on a comeback trail after recovering from arare germ cell cancer, replaced Suresh Raina in the squad for the series whichis a four-match affair.
The new selection panel headed by Sandeep Patil alsoincluded Tamil Nadu opener Murali Vijay in place of S Badrinath, who featuredin the last Test against New Zealand in August.
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, who is nursing a thumb injury,has been left out of the squad paving the way for Harbhajan to return to theTest fold after a gap of more than a year.
Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, whose fitness was under thescanner after he limped off the field during during a Ranji Trophy match onSunday, has also been retained apparently after getting the physio's nod.
Squad for first and second Tests: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c),Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh,Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane,Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Zaheer Khan.