Following striking performances in the recent ODI series against England, flamboyant batsman Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to the Indian Test squad on Thursday. The national selection committee in Chennai also included the left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in the 15-man squad for the two-Test series.

While Yuvraj replaced the recently-retired Sourav Ganguly, Ojha made it to the squad at the expense of left-arm seamer R P Singh.

Tamil Nadu's opener Murali Vijay, who made his debut in the fourth and final Test against Australia in Nagpur last month, also retained his place. Another Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath has also been named in the squad.

Yuvraj was India's top performer in the ODI series against England. The left handed batsman from Punjab scored back to back centuries in the first two ODIs series.

The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir , Rahul Dravid , Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Subramaniam Badrinath, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Pragyan Ojha.

The first Test between the two teams will be played in Chennai from December 11 and the second in Mohali from December 19.