One-Day International and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni may pull out of the series to take a break. The first Test gets underway on July 23 in Colombo.Dinesh Karthik is expected to be the back-up wicketkeeper and the third opener in the squad.Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid will return to take their middle order spots as will off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.Harbhajan has finished his five-match ban handed to him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for slapping Sreesanth after an IPL match.
India's squad for the Test tour of Sri Lanka will be named on Tuesday and pacer S Sreesanth has been ruled out of the series after being advised three weeks rest due to a side strain.
