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New Delhi: Senior pacer Zaheer Khan was recalled to India's Test team for next month's tour of South Africa while the selectors chose to ignore opener Gautam Gambhir.
Zaheer's exclusion from the BCCI Annual Contracts may have been an indicator that selectors were looking beyond the 34-year-old left-arm seamer. However, his inclusion in the side means that his fate does not hang in balance.
On the other hand, it was sad news for Gambhir, who led from the front in Delhi's win with a knock of 153, and has so far scored 372 runs in six innings in Ranji Trophy this season at a healthy average of 74 plus.
He also has a couple of half-centuries in the match against Mumbai.
Ambati Rayudu was also included into India's Test team as a reserve batsman.
India are scheduled to play three ODIs in Johannesburg, Durban and Centurion on December 5, 8, 11 respectively.
This will be followed by a two-day practice match against South African Invitational XI at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni. The first Test match starts on December 18 at the New Wanderers while the 'Boxing Day' Test from December 26 will be played at the Kingsmead in Durban.
Test squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kolhi, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha
One-day squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan, Ambati Rayudu, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra
