After all the drama and suspense for over a month, finally The BCCI selectors have announced the squad for Champions Trophy. In the captaincy of Virat Kohli, selectors have picked a pace-heavy attack is a must in conditions such as England. The English conditions suit the pace bowling the most and the trio of Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Rohit Sharma is back in the team and is expected to play against Pakistan. One major exclusion that is being seen in KL Rahul, who ruled himself out a few weeks back citing his injury concern. Mohammed Shami has also been picked in the team. He had been out of the team for a long time and now with his comeback, the team is only going to benefit.
India squad: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Manish Pandey.