Seam bowler Mohammed Shami and spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have returned to the India squad for next month's World Test Championship (WTC) final against the Blackcaps in Southampton.
Both players sustained injuries during the tour of Australia and missed the home series against England earlier this year.
All-rounder Hanuma Vihari is also back from injury to join the Virat Kohli-led squad, who will play New Zealand in the final of the inaugural WTC at Southampton from June 18-22, before a subsequent five-test series against England beginning at Nottingham on August 4.
Left-arm unorthodox spinner Kuldeep Yadav and all-rounder Hardik Pandya were dropped from the squad, which includes batsman KL Rahul and second wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha subject to clearing fitness tests.
Rahul has had surgery for appendicitis, while Saha tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.
Rishabh Pant remains India's preferred wicketkeeper.
India have also named opener Abhimanyu Easwaran and seam bowlers Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Arzan Nagwaswalla as standby players.
India squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to fitness), Wriddhiman Saha (subject to fitness).
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