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India squad for first two Tests has been enounced, intrestingly Sehwag who has an thumping average against pakistan did'nt get thump's-up from selection commitee.Other than that there are'nt any surprises.Kubmle will be leading a side which has a good blend of youth and experience,dhoni will be his deputy.Selectors have given a clear idea that dhoni will be leading the test team in future by making him the deputy, and at this point they dont want to burden him with test captancy.There is no place for Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag or Irfan Pathan, with the cold weather expected for the first two test matches looking at the geographical positions, selectors have not gone in for another spinner Piysuh Chawla.Three Mediam pacers and two spinners is ideal combination.Gambhir, who didn't play the Tests in England, will have to wait for his time as Wasim Jaffer-Dinesh Karthik combination has worked splendidly so far: ten innings, 650 runs at an average of 72.22, including three century stands, was enough for the selectors to retain the pair.

Indian Squad:
1 Dinesh Karthik, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Sourav Ganguly, 6 VVS Laxman, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), 8 Anil Kumble (capt), 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Sreesanth, 12 Yuvraj Singh, 13 RP Singh, 14 Murali Kartik.