Injured Yuvi, Dravid out of first South Africa Test

While Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid will stay away due to injuries, paceman Abhimanyu Mithun and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha have been included in the 15-man squad for the first of two Test matches against South Africa.

India on Thursday named a 15-man squad for the first of two Test matches against South Africa, which will start in Nagpur on February 6.

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The team for the second Test in Kolkata from February 14 will be named later.

India squad for first Test:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, Wridhiman Saha.