Kumar, Dhawan opt out of Test

Kolkata: Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan Monday pulled out of India’s Test team for the second match against Sri Lanka due to personal reasons.
Kumar, who starred with a match haul of eight wickets in the drawn first Test in Kolkata, will miss the next two Tests while Dhawan is only available for the final game in Delhi.“The BCCI would like to inform that Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan have been released from India’s Test team,” The Indian board said in a release.
The second Test in Nagpur is scheduled to start Friday.India squad for the second Test: Virat Kohli (Captain), Lokesh Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar.