Although, Pakistan toured India for a short series in December 2012.
Earlier, the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators had lashed out at BCCI for missing 25th April deadline to select Indian squad for upcoming Champions Trophy.
There was no place in the side for all-rounder Suresh Raina, but he has been placed on standby with Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav and Shardul Thakur.
The squad includes two spinners-.
The selectors made a decision to pick four frontline fast bowlers in the form of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah and few would argue against any of those selections. I hope to continue from where I left off. With Rahane and Manish Pandey certain to be on the bench at least for India's opening game of the tournament, the need for an extra batsman in the squad is unclear.
"I was obviously happy to know that my name is there Indian squad for the Champions Trophy but more than that I felt that it was a reward for my performances in the shorter formats and in the ongoing IPL", Dhawan said in an interview with iplt20.com. Pandey Ji has played 12 ODIs and has scored 261 runs including a century.
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Rohit was always going to be an automatic choice despite coming back after a long injury layoff.
There was a recall for fit-again seam bowler Mohammed Shami, who has not played an ODI since the World Cup semi-final in 2015, while opener Rohit Sharma and senior spinner Ravi Ashwin have also come through fitness concerns.
The 35-year-old Dhoni's heir apparent in limited overs, a 19-year-old Rishabh Pant, has made a strong case for himself but he is being groomed as one for the future when the Jharkhand dasher decides to call time on his career.
Rohit Sharma, who was out injured since last November due to a thigh injury, has also been included in the squad. He swings the ball both ways and will be hard to contend with in conditions that should favour him.
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Speaking of the 15, chances of any real surprises in the team is out of the question. Though Shikhar has given a good start to the Sunrisers Hyderabad this season but he hasn't been consistent. The Mumbai batsman has had a below par IPL 2017 so far, scoring 183 runs in IPL 2017.
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