Dhawan, Bhuvi released , Shankar gets maiden call-up

New Delhi, November 20 

Rookie Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar has been drafted in the Indian squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, while Bhuvneshar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan were released. It will be a 14-member squad for the second Test scheduled to be played in Nagpur from November 24.

While Bhuvneshwar will not be available for the next two Tests due to his marriage, Dhawan will be available for the third Test after tending to personal matter.

Shankar is not expected to play in the second Test as Murali Vijay is the reserve opener in the squad and Ishant Sharma is the third pacer.

However this is the maiden national call-up for the Tamil Nadu One-day captain, who has scored 1671 runs and taken 27 wickets in 32 first-class matches. He has been playing for India A for some time and is next in line after Hardik Pandya as the seam-bowling all-rounder. — PTI

Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar.