"The BCCI would like to inform that Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan have been released from India's Test team. The duo made a request to the selectors and the team management to release them owing to personal reasons," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.
While Bhuvneshwar, who was adjudged Man-of-the-Match in the first Test for his career-best match haul of 8/96, will not take any further part in the ongoing Test series, Dhawan, who missed out on a 100 by six runs in the second innings, will be available for selection for the third Test in New Delhi.
Uncapped middle-order batsman Vijay Shankar was named as Bhuvneshwar's replacement. The first rubber, which finished at the Eden Gardens here on Monday, ended in a draw.
The second Test begins from Friday in Nagpur.
India Test squad for the second Test: Virat Kohli (Captain), KL Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice Captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar.
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