NEW DELHI: India's selectors on Tuesday named uncapped paceman Sudeep Tyagi in a 16-man squad for an away two-Test series against Bangladesh later this month.

Tyagi, who has played just one one-day international, was included as the fourth fast bowler behind Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

Sachin Tendulkar, the world's leading scorer in Test and one-day cricket, returned to the side after opting out of the ongoing tri-series in Dhaka, a press release from the Indian cricket board said.

Dinesh Karthik was included as a reserve wicketkeeper in the squad which has three specialist spinners in Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha.

India, ranked as the number-one side in Tests after their 2-0 series win at home against Sri Lanka in November-December, will play the Tests at Chittagong (January 17-21) and Dhaka (January 24-28).

India Test squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Sudeep Tyagi.