Zak, Sehwag allay injury fears

Zaheer Khan cleared a fitness test and Virender Sehwag smashed a hundred to win their places in the squad for the first two Tests against England as the new selectors stuck to the tried and tested in their first selection meeting, Sanjjeev K Samyal reports. They are back

Zaheer Khan cleared a fitness test and Virender Sehwag smashed a hundred to win their places in the squad for the first two Tests against England as the new selectors stuck to the tried and tested in their first selection meeting.

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Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and opener Murali Vijay made a comeback while Suresh Raina was dropped by the Sandeep Patil-led committee.

All eyes were on Zaheer at the Wankhede Stadium and on Sehwag at Ghaziabad's Nehru Stadium in their respective Ranji Trophy games on Monday morning.

The left-arm pacer, who limped off on Sunday evening, heightened the suspense over his fitness when he didn't join his teammates on the field for the final day's play against Railways.

But the way Sehwag started off against Uttar Pradesh, the selectors wouldn't have needed much assurance that his finger injury was not a cause of concern.

Indian squad for England Test Series 2012