New Delhi - India cricket selectors have tentatively named Sachin Tendulkar, sidelined since May after elbow surgery, in the squad for next month's two-Test series in Zimbabwe.
The 32-year-old will have a fitness test before deciding if he can travel. The first Test starts on September 13.
Tendulkar, among the game's premier batsmen for a decade, had struggled with the tennis elbow injury for almost a year before eventually deciding to undergo surgery.
The national selectors announced 15-member squads for the Test and a preceding one-day tri-series, also involving New Zealand, starting on August 24.
Batsman VVS Laxman, spinner Anil Kumble and left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan were dropped from the one-day squad and included only for the Tests after struggling in a recent tri-series in Sri Lanka. India lost to the hosts in the final.
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Laxman was plagued by back trouble in Sri Lanka while Kumble, India's most successful bowler who has struggled for a regular ODI spot in the last two years, conceded 64 runs in 10 wicketless overs in the final against Sri Lanka.
One-day squad:
Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohmmad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Venugopal Rao, Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Jaiprakash Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, RP Singh, Ashish Nehra.
Test squad:
Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Vangipurappu Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Anil Kumble, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh.
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