Among the big names that have been left out cold are the out of form Virender Sehwag along with Irfan Pathan and Ramesh Powar. Ironically, the in-form opener from Delhi, Gautam Gambhir has also been ruled out from the first two Test matches in spite of being in good nick.
Newly appointed Test captain Anil Kumble also attended the meeting and perhaps his insistence on the inclusion of a spinner made way for Murali Kartik.
The opening Test is to be held at Delhi from November 22-26 while Kolkata is the venue for the November 30-December 4 second Test.
The team for the subsequent four-Test series in Australia, commencing on December 26, would be chosen between the end of the second Test against Pakistan and the start of the third and concluding Test (Dec 8-12) at Bangalore.
"The team for Australia will be selected between the second and third Tests against Pakistan. We can`t delay choosing the team," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said.
Shah said henceforth, teams would not be chosen on days when matches involving the squad are held.
"We will not choose teams on the day of a match. It becomes difficult for the selectors to concentrate on the game," Shah explained.
India are to play the four Test matches for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against hosts Australia at Melbourne (Dec 26-30, 2007), Sydney (Jan 2-6, 2008), Perth (Jan 16-20) and Adelaide (Jan 24-28).
Squad: Anil Kumble (Capt), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Wasim Jaffer, RP Singh, S Sreesanth, Murali Kartik, Dinesh Karthik
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