Comeback Of Ravinder Jadeja

Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja has made a rebound to the Indian squad for the initial two Tests against South Africa in the wake of being dropped for the late voyages through Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Offspinner R Ashwin, who endured a side strain in the first ODI in Kanpur, was incorporated into the 16-man Test squad yet not picked for the last two one-day internationals.

Jadeja supplanted offspinner Harbhajan Singh in India's Test squad. Harbhajan, who had been out of the Test side since March 2013, made a rebound amid the Bangladesh visit in June. He played the main Test of that arrangement and the first Test of the Sri Lanka visit in August - in which he just grabbed one wicket in 25 overs in twist cordial conditions - before sitting out the second and third Tests.

Since being dropped from the squads for the Test arrangement in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Jadeja has topped the wicket diagrams after three rounds of the Ranji Trophy - with 24 in two matches at a normal of 8.25. He has likewise scored 91 and 58 in two innings for Saurashtra.

"We don't discuss just 15 players. We consider domestic performances," the chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil said. "The kind of pitches that we will play on, the opposition, and keeping that in mind we have picked Jadeja."

Quick bowler Ishant Sharma was named in the Test squad in spite of being ineligible for choice for the first match in light of a suspension slapped on him by the ICC for awful conduct amid India's voyage through Sri Lanka. Ishant was precluded of the last two ODIs against South Africa, subsequent to harming his hamstring amid Delhi's Ranji Trophy match against Haryana, however is relied upon to be fit in time for the Tests.

Seamer S Aravind supplanted quick bowler Umesh Yadav in the ODI squad for the staying two matches of the arrangement, which South Africa lead 2-1. Umesh had been let well enough alone for the group for the third ODI in Rajkot subsequent to surrendering 2 for 71 and 1 for 52 in eight overs in the initial two matches of the arrangement. Aravind had played the first T20I in Dharamsala, where he took 1 for 44 on presentation, however did not play the following two Twenty20 apparatuses.

"We are searching for something exceptional," Patil said. "Throughout the previous three years two selectors go with the Indian group, however the rest make a trip all over to watch residential cricket. We have seen a look in Nathu Singh. We need to give him the possibility."