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Bhuvneshwar Kumar[/caption]MUMBAI - India has recalled fit-again seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the remaining three Tests of the series against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said Tuesday.
Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was dropped from the 16-man squad.
India leads the five-match series 1-0 going into the third Test in Mohali starting Saturday.
Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, Karun Nair, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Lokesh Rahul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
England set to pick Buttler
England is set to recall Jos Buttler as a specialist batsman in its team for the third Test against India in Mohali with Ben Duckett facing the ax after his struggles against off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the first two matches.
The left-handed Duckett scored 56 in the second innings against Bangladesh in Dhaka but has accumulated just 54 runs in six innings since.
Ashwin, the world's top-ranked bowler, dismissed him three times in Rajkot and Visakhapatnam and the 22-year-old appears to have technical flaws in his defense against spinners.
"I think he's got a special talent," England coach Trevor Bayliss said after the side lost by 246 runs Monday to go 1-0 down in the series.
"Whether he plays the next match or not, I think he'll play a lot more for England.
"Every level you get to, you go up. It gets harder and harder, and the step is bigger. Ben's working harder than anyone in the nets to try to fix things up, getting himself into a position that he is confident enough to score runs."
England has two batting options in its squad - Gary Ballance and Buttler - to replace Duckett. But Ballance was also dropped after aggregating 24 in four innings during the 1-1 drawn series in Bangladesh.
