The senior trio of Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Virender Sehwag [ Images ] and Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] returned to the Indian squad, while Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] was ignored, for the first Test against the West Indies [ Images ], at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi [ Images ], beginning November 6.

Tamil Nadu off-spinner R Ashwin found a place in the 15-member squad, picked by the Krishnamachari Srikkanth-led selection committee in Kolkata [ Images ] on Friday, which also has four other new faces in Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane [ Images ] and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma.

Tendulkar, Sehwag and Yuvraj, who missed the ODI series in England as well as the return rubber at home due to injuries, were recalled for the November 6-10 match.

After his below-par performance on the tour of England [ Images ], out-of-form off-spinner Harbhajan continues to be sidelined, with the selectors preferring Ashwin over him.

Right-arm pacer Ishant Sharma [ Images ], who was also not a part of India's [ Images ] ODI squad against England due to an injury, returs to the team, to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ].

Among those who did not find a place in the Test squad that visited England this summer are left-hand batsman-all-rpunder Suresh Raina [ Images ], leg-spinner Amit Mishra [ Images ] and pacer Praveen Kumar [ Images ].

Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha [ Images ], who toured England for the Test series, retain his place as also young right-hand batsman Virat Kohli [ Images ].

Senior batsmen Rahul Dravid [ Images ] and VVS Laxman [ Images ], who no longer play ODIs, were also named in the squad.

The squad has eight specialist batsmen, three spinners, three pacers, with Dhoni the lone wicketkeeper.

The squad: M S Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Sharma.