Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) Deposed India captain Sourav Ganguly and stylish batsman V.V.S Laxman were selected for the India 'B' team while leg spinner Anil Kumble was ignored for the Challenger Series for the N.K.P Salve Trophy to be held in Chennai Oct 1-4.

"Kumble needs to recover fully from the injury and therefore we have not selected him for any of the teams," said Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah after announcing the team here Tuesday.

Ashish Nehra and Laxmipathy Balaji returned to domestic cricket by being selected in the India 'B' squad. Zaheer Khan was also included in the India 'A', which will be led by Venugopala Rao.

Rahul Dravid will lead the India Seniors and Mohammad Kaif will captain India 'B'.