The lineup marks the return of a few familiar faces, while throwing a big question mark on the future of some of the others.

The Test drubbing feels so fresh, and comprehensive, that it is easy to overlook the fact that India were also taken down 3-0 in the ODIs on their tour of New Zealand.

“One-day cricket in this calendar year is not as relevant like T20Is and Tests,” Virat Kohli stated midway through the Kiwi tour, but the upcoming home series, if not as ‘relevant’ for the team itself, could prove to be a key outing for players at an individual level.

We take a look at some of the big talking points from the latest India ODI squad.

Dhawan returns in new-look opening pair

With scores of 204* and 136 in the practice games, Gill will consider himself unlucky to have not played a single game for the senior team in New Zealand. After his debut series against the Kiwis last year, Gill is still waiting to make the XI, having spent considerable time on the bench. The rejigged selection panel has opted to retain him for the home ODIs, along with Manish Pandey, while keeping out Kedar Jadhav.

On home turf, Gill has a realistic chance of adding to his ODI caps, possibly exchanging places with Pandey in the XI. This, however, could signal the end for the out-of-sorts Jadhav’s senior career. A handy all-rounder over the last few years, Jadhav hit just one fifty in his last 16 innings, while his off-spin hasn’t fetched him a wicket since March 2019. With him not being in the T20I scheme of things, and the next major 50-over tournament in the distant future, it could well be curtains for the 34-year-old.

India ODI squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli (C ), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill