KANPUR: Experienced batsman Sachin Tendulkar was on Thursday included in the India squad for the next two One-day Internationals against England.

He will replace uncapped opening batsman Murali Vijay in the 15-man squad.

Tendulkar, 35, was rested for the first three games at his own request following the four-Test series against world champions Australia which India won 2-0 to annexe the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Tendulkar, who has a world record 16,361 runs and 42 centuries to his name in 417 one-day internationals, last played limited-overs cricket for India in the tri-series in Australia in March.

Tendulkar and all-rounder Irfan Pathan are the two changes in the 15-man squad which took a 3-0 lead in the seven-match series against England here earlier on Thursday.

Irfan Pathan will replace seamer Rudra Pratap Singh for the next two day-night matches in Bangalore on Sunday and Cuttack on Wednesday.

The squad for the last two games in Guwahati and New Delhi will be named after the Cuttack match.

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