Gambhir to miss third Test

The Board of Control for Cricket in India [ Images ] on Friday announced Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] will miss the third Test against Sri Lanka [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] will get a chance to play his second Test match.

Vijay, 25, had made his Test debut against Australia [ Images ] 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 [ Images ], 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 [ Images ] (captain), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid [ Images ], VVS Laxman [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], M Vijay, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Ishant Sharma [ Images ], Sreesanth [ Images ], Pragyan Ojha [ Images ], Amit Mishra [ Images ].