Gambhir axed, Bhuvi recalled 

New Delhi: Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was dropped while India’s medium pacer Bhuvaneswar was recalled to the 16-man squad for the next three Tests against England.

There were no other significant changes to the squad that drew the Rajkot Test and won the 2nd Test in Visakhapatnam on Monday, to take 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series.The teams next face off in the 3rd Test in Mohali on November 26.

Squad: Virat Kohli (Capt), Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul , Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya.