Sachin Tendulkar has been rested, while fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar have been dropped from the Indian squad for next month's limited-overs tri-series in Bangladesh.
Selectors recalled Shanthakumaran Sreethanth, who missed the ongoing series against Sri Lanka due to the swine flu, and Ashok Dinda in the 16-man squad for the Jan. 4-13 series involving Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
``Sachin Tendulkar desired to be rested for the tri-series at Bangladesh. He will play the tests against Bangladesh,'' Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement reported by Press Trust of India late Friday.
The 36-year-old Tendulkar averages 44.7 in 440 limited-overs internationals.
Yuvraj Singh was retained in the squad, despite missing three of the first four matches in the home series against Sri Lanka which ends Sunday.
Virender Sehwag, who led India when Mahendra Singh Dhoni was banned for two matches during the Sri Lanka series, has been named vice-captain of the Tri-series squad.
India will play tests at Chittagong from Jan. 17-21 and Dhaka from Jan. 24-28 following the ODI series.
India Tri-Series squad: M.S. Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Sudeep Tyagi, Dinesh Karthik, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Amit Mishra.
