Batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar, on the verge of an unprecedented 100th international century, returned Saturday to a strong Indian squad for the upcoming Test series in England. Tendulkar, with 51 hundreds in Tests and 48 in one-day internationals, had opted out of the ongoing Test series in the West Indies. He is also the world's leading scorer in both Tests (14,692) and one-dayers (18,111).
Openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, pacemen Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, and all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who missed the West Indies tour, also returned to the squad after regaining fitness.