India drop duo

Virender Sehwag has been overlooked for the one-day squad © Getty Images

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Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh have been left out of India’s Test and one-day international squads for the forthcoming tour of England and Ireland.

Rahul Dravid will lead both sides, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni his vice-captain for the ODIs and Sachin Tendulkar for the Tests.

Former skipper Sourav Ganguly has been included in both squads, with medium-pace bowler Ranadeb Bose the only new face.

The squad for the England one-dayers will be announced later.

ODI squad to face Ireland and Scotland: Rahul Dravid (captain), Mahendra Signh Dhoni (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Sri Sreesanth, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma.

Test squad to face England: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar (vice-captain), Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Sri Sreesanth, Rudra Pratap Singh, Anil Kumble, Ramesh Powar, Gautham Gambhir, Ishant Sharma, Ranadeb Bose.