India's new selection committee retained former captain Sourav Ganguly [Images] in the Test squad for the first two matches against Australia [Images] starting on October 9.
Also included in the 15-man squad was the uncapped duo of Tamil Nadu batsman Subramaniam Badrinath and Haryana leggie Amit Mishra.
Wicetkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] returned to the Test squad after missing the Sri Lanka [Images] series.
Here's a look the Test career statistics of the 15-man squad:
Batting:
| Player | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | Ct | St |
| A Kumble (captain) | 130 | 171 | 32 | 2456 | 110* | 17.67 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 0 |
| S Badrinath | Yet to make debut |
| MS Dhoni | 29 | 47 | 5 | 1418 | 148 | 33.76 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 68 | 14 |
| Rahul Dravid [Images] | 125 | 216 | 26 | 10246 | 270 | 53.93 | 25 | 52 | 6 | 176 | 0 |
| Gautam Gambhir [Images] | 17 | 29 | 2 | 1002 | 139 | 37.11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 109 | 180 | 15 | 6888 | 239 | 41.75 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 71 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh [Images] | 69 | 97 | 18 | 1209 | 66 | 15.30 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 96 | 158 | 21 | 6000 | 281 | 43.80 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 102 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | Yet to make debut |
| Munaf Patel [Images] | 9 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 4.57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag [Images] | 60 | 102 | 4 | 5157 | 319 | 52.62 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 46 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 9 | 14 | 9 | 92 | 23 | 18.40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| RP Singh | 13 | 17 | 3 | 91 | 30 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar [Images] | 150 | 244 | 25 | 11877 | 248* | 54.23 | 39 | 49 | 14 | 98 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan [Images] | 56 | 75 | 18 | 671 | 75 | 11.77 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
Bowling:
| Player | Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Avg | SR | RPO |
| A Kumble | 130 | 6710.1 | 1560 | 18069 | 616 | 10-74 | 35 | 8 | 29.33 | 65.36 | 2.69 |
| MS Dhoni | 29 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0-13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 |
| R Dravid | 125 | 20 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 1-18 | 0 | 0 | 39.00 | 120.00 | 1.95 |
| S Ganguly | 109 | 519.3 | 108 | 1681 | 32 | 3-28 | 0 | 0 | 52.53 | 97.41 | 3.24 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 69 | 3158.4 | 612 | 8985 | 291 | 8-84 | 22 | 5 | 30.88 | 65.13 | 2.84 |
| VVS Laxman | 96 | 54 | 12 | 126 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 63.00 | 162.00 | 2.33 |
| Munaf Patel | 9 | 315 | 68 | 940 | 28 | 4-25 | 0 | 0 | 33.57 | 67.50 | 2.98 |
| Virender Sehwag | 60 | 298.1 | 44 | 902 | 24 | 3-12 | 0 | 0 | 37.58 | 74.54 | 3.03 |
| Ishant Sharma | 9 | 247.1 | 45 | 833 | 23 | 5-118 | 1 | 0 | 36.22 | 64.48 | 3.37 |
| RP Singh | 13 | 388.2 | 52 | 1564 | 40 | 5-59 | 1 | 0 | 39.10 | 58.25 | 4.03 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 150 | 643.4 | 81 | 2212 | 42 | 3-10 | 0 | 0 | 52.67 | 91.95 | 3.44 |
| Zaheer Khan | 56 | 1827 | 365 | 6064 | 178 | 5-29 | 5 | 0 | 34.07 | 61.58 | 3.32 |
Complete coverage: Australia in India 2008
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