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  Yuvraj replace RP Singh in Test squad
04 Dec 2008
 

Yuvraj Singh was today handed a fresh opportunity to resurrect his Test career and cement the middle order slot left vacant by Sourav Ganguly after he was named in India`s Test squad for the two-match series against England beginning next week. Apart from Yuvraj, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was also rewarded with a berth in the 15-member squad which had no place for paceman Rudra Pratap Singh. Tamil Nadu opener Murali Vijay, who made his debut in the fourth Test against Australia in Nagpur, and his Statemate`s Badrinath have both been retained in the team announced by the BCCI after a meeting of the selection committee. There were no major surprises in the team with the selectors preferring to more or less retain the same group that had done duty in the recent Test series against Australia. The 26-year-old Yuvraj forced his way back into Test reckoning because of his sizzling form in the recent one-day series against England before it was called off following the terror attacks in Mumbai.

 

The Punjab batsman, who has not been able to make much of an impact on the longer version of the game so far, will get another chance to cement a place in the team. Yuvraj had last played a Test against South Africa in Kanpur in April and appears to be a certainty for the first Test against England to be held in Chennai from December 11 to 15. The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S Badrinath, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Pragyan Ojha.

 
   

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