Despite the humiliating defeat to England [ Images ] in the second Test in Mumbai [ Images ], India [ Images ] preferred to go into the third Test in Kolkata [ Images ] with an unchanged squad.
- India's squad for the third Test
Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda [ Images ], who was added as cover for injured Umesh Yadav before the Mumbai Test, was retained.
The selectors, who met in Mumbai on Tuesday, also retained off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] despite a below-par showing in Mumbai and refused to be swayed by calls to rest batting ace Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], who aggregated just 63 runs in two Tests against New Zealand [ Images ] in the previous series, and underperformed in the first two Tests against England, scoring of 13, 8 and 8 in the three innings he was required to bat.
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