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The stocky Off Spinner Ramesh Powar has got a berth in the Indian Test Squad for the four test match series against West Indies starting from June 2nd. The Selectors have picked a 16-man squad which also includes a reserve wicket keeper in Dinesh Karthik. There’s no place for Sourav Ganguly despite the fact that Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of this series. Suresh Raina has got the nod over him for the middle order berth following his ‘just about decent outings’ so far in his ODI career. Another interesting move from the Selectors has been to drop Ajit Agarkar, who has been the best bowler on the tour so far. The wise men have gone in for the stats of Agarkar in Test Cricket rather than form and potential. Rudra Pratap Singh has been dropped after his unimpressive show of late and VRV Singh has been persisted with as he brings in the fire and the pace in his bowling. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is looked upon to fill in the opener’s role in case anything happens to either Virender Sehwag or Wasim Jaffer. The composition of the squad consists of 7 specialist batsmen, 4 pacers, 3 spinners and 2 wicket keeper batsmen. India after playing the remaining two ODIs go to Antigua for the 1st Test and before that they are engaged to play a 2-day match against Antigua & Barbuda.
Indian Test Squad : Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid (Captain), VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicket Keeper), Dinesh Karthik (Wicket Keeper), Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Sreesanth, VRV Singh