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The Selectors have recalled former skipper Sourav Ganguly, speedster Zaheer Khan and wicket keeper Parthiv Patel for the upcoming Pakistan tour. Parthiv has been named as the second wicket keeper to M.S.Dhoni and has got the nod ahead of Dinesh Karthik. Only Parthiv had played in Pakistan before. Dinesh Karthik who was India's keeper for Tests for a while had to be dumped due to Dhoni's unbelievable knocks in the ODIs and he has now failed to even make it as the No.2 Keeper due to his failures with the bat in the ongoing Ranji Season for Tamil Nadu.

Middle Order batsman Mohammad Kaif has failed to get a berth after his twin failures in the Ahmedabad Test against Sri Lanka although he picked up few brilliant catches that had influenced the Test Match.

Coming to the inclusion of Sourav Ganguly in the side, Kiran More, the Chairman of Selectors stated that "We got Sourav back because we needed some experience for the tough tour. Sourav has experience and runs behind him. If you see the recent record and statistics, he hasn't done well but we needed his experience on this tour. I am not saying he will play in the XI. That will be selected by the team management and one selector who will accompany the team on that tour." Wasim Jaffer has also retained his place as the third opener.

Murali Kartik hasn't been picked in the 16-man squad with Zaheer Khan coming into his place and Rudra Pratap Singh holding his place. Zaheer Khan after being dropped in the home series has made the ball do the talking with a series of explosive spells in the Afro-Asian Series and then the Duleep Trophy and Ranji Trophy games.

The first of the three Tests begins on the 14th of January at Lahore. 

Indian Squad : Rahul Dravid (Captain), Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S.Laxman, Yuvraj Singh,  Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicket Keeper), Parthiv Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh
 

 

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