Hardik Pandya named in Indian squad for England series
Injured Rohit Sharma could not find a place in the squad.
Gautam Gambhir, who showed some form in the Test series against New Zealand, and Ishant Sharma were named in the sqaud.
Pandya has been the only new face in the side that will face England in the next few days. He has played four ODIs and 16 Twenty20 Internationals in his career for India.
The first match of the five-match series will commence from Nov 9 in Rajkot.
The team is as follows:
Virat Kohli (Captain), M Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice Captain), R Ashwin, W Saha (Wk), R Jadeja, Amit Mishra, M Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav.
{iamge_1}1st Test
Nov 09-13, Rajkot
2nd Test
Nov 17-21, Vizag
3rd Test
Nov 26-30, Mohali
4th Test
Dec 08-12, Mumbai
5th Test
Dec 16-20, Chennai
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