Jadeja has earned his chance with consistent form at domestic level
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India have called up uncapped spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja for the one-day series in Sri Lanka later this month.
The 20-year-old left-armer replaces Harbhajan Singh, who will miss the trip because of a hamstring injury.
Jadeja earned his chance by taking 42 wickets in nine matches in the domestic Ranji Trophy tournament.
India will play five one-day matches in Sri Lanka, the first on 28 January, before ending the tour with a Twenty20 international on 10 February.
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Jadeja was also part of the Rajasthan Royals squad which won the inaugural Indian Premier League last year.
The only other change to the squad sees batsman Virat Kohli replaced by seam bowler Praveen Kumar.
Neither was involved in India's last one-day series against England, which they won 5-0, with the final two games cancelled following the bomb attacks in Mumbai.
The incident led to the cancellation of India's planned tour to Pakistan and the trip to Sri Lanka was arranged at short notice to fill the gap.
India squad: Mahendra Dhoni (captain & wk), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar.
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