South Africa tour of India-Ishant ruled out of first Test

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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

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Matches

1st Test v India at Chennai - Mar 26-30, 2008

2nd Test v India at Ahmedabad - Apr 3-7, 2008

3rd Test v India at Kanpur - Apr 11-15, 2008

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South Africa in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v South Africa
Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 26,27,28,29,30 March 2008 (5-day match)
India:
1 Virender Sehwag
2 Wasim Jaffer
3 Rahul Dravid
4 Sachin Tendulkar
5 Sourav Ganguly
6 VVS Laxman
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk)
8 Anil Kumble (capt)
9 Harbhajan Singh
10 RP Singh
11 Sreesanth.

South Africa:
1 Neil McKenzie
2 Graeme Smith (capt)
3 Hashim Amla
4 Jacques Kallis
5 Ashwell Prince
6 AB de Villiers
7 Mark Boucher (wk)
8 Morne Morkel
9 Paul Harris
10 Dale Steyn
11 Makhaya Ntini.