All-rounder Yusuf Pathan [ Images ] and young left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha [ Images ] were on Friday rewarded for their good showing in the Indian Premier League [ Images ] as the selectors announced a young 15-member squad for the forthcoming tri-series in Bangladesh and the Asia Cup in Pakistan.

Apart from the two new faces, the selection panel, headed by Dilip Vengsarkar, recalled seamer R P Singh, who replaces Munaf Patel [ Images ], a member of the squad that won the tri-series in Australia [ Images ] earlier this year.

Besides Patel, the selectors dropped Manoj Tiwary and Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] and ignored former captains Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] and Rahul Dravid [ Images ] again.

Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] made himself unavailable for the two assignments as he has not recovered fully from a prolonged groin injury.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], the other senior member of the side, also missed out on a berth as he has been banned for five one-dayers after being found guilty of slapping national teammate S Sreesanth [ Images ] during an IPL match last month.

Squad: M S Dhoni [ Images ] (captain), Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] (vice-captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Rohit Sharma [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Robin Uthappa [ Images ], Suresh Raina [ Images ], S Sreesanth, Yusuf Pathan, Ishant Sharma [ Images ], Praveen Kumar [ Images ], RP Singh [ Images ], Piyush Chawla [ Images ], Pragyan Ojha.