Gambhir to miss third Test

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday announced Gautam Gambhir will miss the third Test against Sri Lanka after being granted leave to attend his sister's wedding.

The national selectors decided to stick with the same squad despite Gambhir's absence making it a 14-member squad, which would mean Murali Vijay will get a chance to play his second Test match.

Vijay, 25, had made his Test debut against Australia last year and even at that time replaced Gambhir, when the left-hander was banned for a match.

The third Test will be played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, from December 2-6. This is the first time in 36 years that the venue will host a Test match. The last Test played at Brabourne was the India-England Test in 1972-73 after which matches were allotted to the Wankhede stadium.

The Squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra.