Tendulkar, Irfan return for the next two ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar was included in India's limited-overs squad after being rested for the first three matches of the seven game series that India leads 3-0.

Tendulkar has not featured in a one-day international since the tri-series victory over Australia in March.

A groin injury ruled Tendulkar out of the series in Bangladesh and Pakistan earlier in the year, and an elbow injury kept him out of the one-dayer against Sri Lanka in August.

Tendulkar had expressed a desire to take a short break after playing the four-Test series against Australia, which India won 2-0 earlier this month.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's secretary, N. Srinivasan announced the team for the fourth and fifth limited-overs internationals against England, which will be played in Bangalore (November 23) and Cuttack (November 26).

The squad has two changes, with Tendulkar replacing top-order batsman Murali Vijay, and all-rounder Irfan Pathan returning to the side in place of paceman Rudra Pratap Singh.

Tendulkar has scored a world-record 16,361 runs in 417 one-day internationals, with 42 centuries.

The national selection committee, headed by former captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth, met soon after the completion of the third match and decided to make just two changes in the 15-member squad.

India squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Virat Kohli and Pragyan Ojha.