NEW DELHI : Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid on Sunday made a return to India's one-day squad for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Dravid, 36, last played a one-day international in 2007 but his form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa and the poor show of India's younger batsmen in the World Twenty20 turned the scale in his favour.
With 10,585 runs from 333 games to his name, Dravid is expected to bolster the middle-order which struggled against rising deliveries in England, hosts of the World Twenty20 in June.
Dravid replaced Rohit Sharma, who managed 15 runs in three innings during India's last one-day engagement, against the West Indies, in June-July.
Aggressive opener Virender Sehwag was ignored by the selectors as he is yet to recover fully from a shoulder injury.
Suresh Raina, out of action owing to a hairline fracture of the thumb, made a comeback while Amit Mishra replaced
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