Ishant ruled out of first Test

Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa but the two Singhs - Yuvraj and Harbhajan - have been retained after the selectors named an expected 14-member squad in Bangalore

Squad for the first two Tests

Anil Kumble (capt)
Wasim Jaffer,
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
VVS Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk)
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Sing
Piyush Chawla
Sreesanth
RP Singh.

Back-up: Dinesh Karthik

South Africa Test Squad

Graeme Smith
Captain
Ashwell Prince
Vice-captain
Hashim Amla
Mark Boucher
AB de Villiers
Jean-Paul Duminy
Paul Harris
Jacques Kallis
Charl Langeveldt
Neil McKenzie
Morne Morkel
Makhaya Ntini
Robin Peterson
Dale Steyn