BCCI has announced 15 member squad for the ICC champions trophy 2017 to be held in England. Rohit Sharma is declared fit and included in the team, while KL Rahul missed out due to injury. Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami and Manish Pandey also make a comeback in the team led by Virat Kohli. The other members of the team are MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Japrit Bumrah.India had missed the squad announcement deadline of April 25 due to revenue sharing issues with the International Cricket Council. But at the Special General Meeting yesterday, BCCI took a decision to send the team to Champions Trophy.India, the defending champions, are in Group B with Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. It begins campaign against Pakistan on June 4 at Edgbaston.
News On AIR | May 8, 2017 1:55 PM
Indian squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy announced; Rohit, Ashwin, Shami make a comeback