Rahul Dravid is back in the one-day squads for Sri Lanka tri-series and the Champions Trophy.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth and his colleagues of the selection committee on Sunday announced the same 15-member ODI squad for both the upcoming series.
Dravid's return was more or less certain for both the tournaments since the selectors believed that such a move would bolster the Indian middle order which looked vulnerable to short-pitch stuff during the Twenty20 World Cup in England.
Dravid played the last of his 333 ODIs back in October 2007 against Australia in Nagpur and the former India captain has amassed 10,585 runs at an average of 39.49.
Meahwhile, as expected, Indian opener Virender Sehwag, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, is ruled out of the team for tri-series in Sri Lanka and the subsequent Champions Trophy.
In Sehwag's absence, Sachin Tendulkar, who has returned to the side, after skipping the ODI series in the West Indies, is likely to open the innings with Delhi left-hander Gautam Gambhir.
Suresh Raina, who also missed the West Indies tour with a thumb injury, has returned and that has cost Rohit Sharma his place in the side.
Yuvraj Singh and skipper M S Dhoni will fill the other slots in the batting order.
Yusuf Pathan, who has been chipping in with the bat besides rolling his arms to good effect, has retained his place but Ravindra Jadeja has paved the way for Abhishek Nayar who did not get a fair chance in the West Indies.
In the pace bowling department, in absence of Zaheer Khan due to injury, Ishant Sharma, R P Singh, Ashish Nehra and Praveen Kumar have been named.
And Harbhajan Singh will lead the spin attack.
The selected Indian players will have a four-day training camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore from August 27.
The camp is expected to focus on both physical conditioning and skills before the players disperse on August 30 to participate in the BCCI Corporate Cup.
The team is expected to regroup on August 7 before leaving for the Sri Lanka tri-series.
Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Yusuf Pathan, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Dinesh Karthik.
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