Zaheer Khan [ Images ] is set to return to Test cricket, while Ashish Nehra [ Images ] will also fancy a comeback to the longer version after a five-year gap when the national selection panel meets in Mumbai [ Images ] on Tuesday to pick the Indian squad for the three-match home series against Sri Lanka [ Images ].

Zaheer, who returned to first class cricket recently after undergoing shoulder surgery, is set to bolster India's [ Images ] pace attack.

The selection panel, headed by Krishnamachari Srikkanth [ Images ], will be keen to have Zaheer's experience, which could be crucial if India are to stretch their home record of not losing a Test to Sri Lanka in their previous 14 encounters.

Fellow left-arm pacer Nehra will also hope to make a comeback into the Test squad, having played his last Test match back in 2004 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

With Ishant Sharma [ Images ] struggling for form, Nehra could well find a place in the squad.

The middle order will also be boosted by the return of the experienced duo of Rahul Dravid [ Images ] and VVS Laxman [ Images ].

Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] will retain captaincy but he will be under the scanner for his leadership qualities following India's poor displays in the Twenty20 [ Images ] World Cup in England [ Images ], the Champions Trophy [ Images ] in South Africa [ Images ] and the home series against Australia [ Images ].

Virender Sehwag's [ Images ] return after an injury lay-off because of a shoulder problem has not been very fruitful, but the Delhi [ Images ] dasher is expected to retain his opening slot.

The opening Test of the India-Lanka series is at Ahmedabad [ Images ], from November 16, and a 16-member visiting team led by Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ] is already in Mumbai to play the three-match rubber.

The second and third Tests are at Kanpur (November 24-28) and Mumbai (December 2-6).

After the Test series, there will be a bilateral two-match T20 international series at Nagpur (December 9) and Mohali (December 12), followed by five ODIs at Rajkot (Dec 15), Visakhapatnam [ Images ] (Dec 18), Cuttack (Dec 21), Kolkata [ Images ] (Dec 24) and Delhi (Dec 27).