Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] and Sourav Ganguly [ Images ], who were rested for last month's One-Day International Series in Bangladesh, were included in India's [ Images ] 15-man squad, to be led by Rahul Dravid [ Images ], for the upcoming matches in Ireland and Scotland.
Tendulkar was also retained vice-captain of the 16-member Test squad that will tour England [ Images ] later.
As expected, out-of-form dashing batsman Virender Sehwag [ Images ] was omitted from the ODI and Test teams.
Also left out of both teams, announced in Delhi [ Images ] on Tuesday, was off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ].
Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the Ireland and Scotland matches.
The team for the seven ODIs against England will be named later.
Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] got a recall to the ODI team, replacing the injured Munaf Patel [ Images ].
"Munaf is not 100 per cent fit and that's why he missed out," chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar said.
He hastened to add that Zaheer Khan [ Images ] is back to full fitness and that's why he is in both the Test and ODI team.
Mumbai [ Images ] batsman Rohit Sharma [ Images ] is the lone new face in the ODI squad, while Bengal pacer Ranadeb Bose replaces V R V Singh in the Test team.
The teams:
Ireland and Scotland ODIs: Rahul Dravid (captain), M S Dhoni (vice-Captain), Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Dinesh Karthik [ Images ], Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth [ Images ], Rudra Pratap Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla [ Images ], Ramesh Powar [ Images ], Robin Uthappa [ Images ] and Rohit Sharma.
16-member squad for three Tests against England: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar (vice-captain), Wasim Jaffer [ Images ], Dinesh Karthik, Sourav Ganguly, V V S Laxman [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, R P Singh, Anil Kumble [ Images ], Ramesh Powar, Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma [ Images ] and Ranadeb Bose.
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