India v/s South Africa: Ravindra Jadeja in, Yuvraj Singh ignored for Test squad

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Monday staged a comeback in India's Test squad after a gap of nearly 14 months in place of an injured Ravichandran Ashwin as selectors desisted from making wholesale changes to the 
16-member squad for the first two matches against South Africa.

The 26-year-old Jadeja was the only change in the Test squad  that had last played against Sri Lanka in an away series. The selectors also made just one change in the ODI squad, bringing in paceman Sreenath Arvind for Umesh Yadav.

The announcement of the team was made by the BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur after a meeting of the selection committee headed by Sandeep Patil at New Delhi

South Africa lead the five-match ODI series 2-1. The remaining two matches will be played in Chennai and Mumbai respectively. The Test series will begin from November 5 with Mohali, Bengaluru, Nagpur and Delhi as the venues respectively.

A Board President XI has also been selecte, which will take on the Proteas for a four day game before the start of the Test series.

The squads are as follows:

India ODI squad: MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, S Arvind, Stuart Binny, Ambati Rayudu, Gurkeerat Mann

India Test squad (first two Tests): Virat Kohli (capt), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma.

Board President XI: Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Unmukt Chand, Karun Nair, Shreyar Iyer, Naman Ojha, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Nathu Singh, Karn Sharma Sheldon Jackson