India have brought in all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja to replace Harbhajan Singh in their squad to tour Sri Lanka.
All-rounder brought in as spinner misses out with injury
India have brought in all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja to replace Harbhajan Singh in their squad for the one-day series and Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka.
With Harbhajan suffering from a hamstring injury, Indian selectors have picked 20-year-old Jadeja as his replacement in the 15-man squad.
India will play five one-day matches and a Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka at the end of the month.
"Harbhajan Singh is suffering from a hamstring injury and Jadeja will take his place in the squad," said the Indian cricket board's joint secretary Sanjay Jagdale.
Left-hander Jadeja played well during India's premier first-class tournament taking 42 wickets and scoring 739 runs in nine matches.
Medium-pacer Praveen Kumar has been recalled to the squad at the expense of batsman Virat Kohli, after being left out of the 5-0 home one-day series whitewash of England.
India will play the first two one-dayers in the central town of Dambulla on January 28 and 30, with the remaining three games being held in Colombo on February 2, 5 and 8.
The Twenty20 international is to be played in Colombo on February 10.
India's squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar.
