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Filed under Ind in SL 2008

There hasn't been many time periods when Indian cricket had looked so strong on paper (& on field) as they do now, in 2007-08 season. They narrowly missed the test series in Australia some 3 months ago and expectations are high for them to win the three test match "Idea Cup" against Srilanka in Srilanka from 23rd July 2008.

4 previous Indian cricket squads to Srilanka had fetched only 1 test match win on lankan soil from 12 tests.

Indian test match squad for Srilankan test series 2008
Anil Kumble (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha.

Notable changes :
1 : ODI captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who does the wicket keeping job, had opted out of this test series. Indian selectors then recalled Dinesh Karthik and Parthiv Patel.. looking to throw chances for both of them in this 3 test match series.

2 : Selectors dropped Indian ODI vice captain - Yuvraj Singh, who hasn't been in good batting form of late. and his ability to play spin bowling isn't upto the mark as well. Instead - youngster Rohit Sharma has been given a chance.

3 : Pragyan Ojha - the left arm spinner is included in Indian test match squad for the first time whereas Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh makes a come back after finishing 5 ODI ban on him for slapping S Sreesanth during IPL 2008.

India vs Srilanka : 2008 cricket tour : Match Schedule

India's test squad for Srilanka tour 2008

India vs Sri lanka cricket records : till July 2008.

India in Srilanka : Idea Cup cricket series 2008 : All info