Breaking News! Dashing all-rounder made a return to T20 cricket, as he was picked up for the ICC World Twenty20 Cup 2012. However, out-of-form Rohit Sharma was dropped from the Test team.

 

VVS Laxman, Ishant Sharma and Ajinkya Rahande have been included in the home test series against New Zealand, which will be held later this month. Cheteshwar Pujara is the notable inclusion in the team. He reminds all of Rahul Dravid.

 

Interestingly, the selectors did not consider Harbhajan Singh for the Test squad, but they gave him a chance to play in the T20s. L Balaji and Piyush Chawala also became part of the T20 team.

 

Test Team: MS Dhoni (C/WK), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma.

 

T20 Team: MS Dhoni (C/WK), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, L Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Dinda.