Rohit,who is to make his Test debut,has made a comebackto the squad selected for the two Tests against West Indies.Jadeja missed out because of a shoulder strain, creating an opening for the third spinner that was filled by legspinner Amit Mishra. The surprise, however, was that Zaheer Khan didn't make it to the four-man pace unit, while Ishant Sharma retained his place. Umesh Yadavreturned after a back injury had forced him out of the Australia series.After spending the off season training in France and coming back 
fitter. 

Zaheer took match hauls of five wickets in successive first-class matches against West Indies A and Haryana. Dropped during the England series last year,he was expected to make it back into the squad. He has not, but the selectors are still looking at him as a prospect for the South Africa tour.

Rohit made his way back into the squad with consistent performancesat the top of the order in ODIs, and could even be used as a back-uppener should the need arise. As it stands, he and his Mumbai team-mate Ajinkya Rahane will compete for the middle-order vacancy that arises because of the absence of Jadeja, who has been advisedtwo weeks' rest. Suresh Raina, who was part of the previous Test 
squad, was dropped.

Harbhajan Singh and Ashok Dinda were also dropped. Bhuvneshwar Kumar,and the main spinners - R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha - and other batsmenretained their places. A big matter of debate will be the retention of Ishant, whose results in international cricket have been ordinaryof late. To go with the recent hidings in one-day cricket, Ishant last took more than three wickets in a Test innings more than two years ago, at Lord's in July 2011 and His overall average of 38 is uninspiring, and since that Lord's Test every wicket he has taken hascost India 60 runs.

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