Ishant out of team for tests against SA

While pace sensation Ishant Sharma was left out because of injury, the national selectors also ignored in-form Gautam Gambhir in India's 14-member squad for the first two cricket tests against South Africa.

Ishant, who put up a sterling show during India's recent tour of Australia, was not considered for selection since he had not recovered from the finger injury.

There were no major changes in the squad announced by BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah after a meeting of the selection committee here.

Team: Anil Kumble (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, V V S Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, R P Singh, S Sreesanth an Murali Kartik.