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Yuvraj Singh's test career stammers again on Thursday when the left-hander, a usual match-winner in one-day cricket, was drop from the Indian team for the third and final test next to West Indies. The 24-year-old right-hander Rohit Sharma will return Yuvraj in the Mumbai test starting on Nov. 22, Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement.
India clinches the three-test series by winning in Delhi and Kolkata. Yuvraj, who turns 30, next month, wasted the probability he got in the series with innings of 23, 18 and 25 next to West Indies.
One of the cleanest strikers of the ball and an lively fielder whose left-arm spin is more than handy in the 50 and 20-over formats, Yuvraj has struggle to strengthen his place in the test side in more than a decade of international cricket.
Active in India's 20 and 50-over World Cup victory in 2007 and 2011, Yuvraj has played 37 tests but never been a repeated choice in five-day cricket.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni sympathized with the left-hander before the team for the third test was announced.
"Yes, he is going throughout a hard phase but it's important to show self-confidence in him," Dhoni said after India beat West Indies by an innings and 15 runs in the second test at Eden Gardens.
"We all know he is brilliant. He has played really well next to all the big bowlers, particularly in the ODI format which means he has talent to do well in test format as well.
"One more reason is that he has been in and out of the side. It's very hard to back yourself. You have that bit of nervousness. It's a bit hard on him. But optimistically he will recover and do well for India," Dhoni added.
Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron.
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