can the team still return for 3 tests

with a new man in place anything can be possible.

a pipe dream at the moment

I know Shiv would love that : not gonna happen  :-[

why cant it happen

Would it be becasue India has already scheduled to play SL over teh same period as the tests?

They would have to compensate SL for using them as a fill in.

As they paid us instead of South Africa : for Tendulkar's 100th 

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