Ahmedabad, Feb. 12 -- Head coach Gautam Gambhir shed light on the surprise inclusion of mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy in place of young southpaw Yashasvi Jaiswal in India's 15-player squad for next week's Champions Trophy.

On Tuesday night, the BCCI decided two prominent changes in India's squad for the Champions Trophy. The first was premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah being ruled out of the tournament due to a lower back injury.

The second change saw Jaiswal making way for Chakravarthy. He is the fifth spinner in India's star-studded squad alongside Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Washington Sundar.

Gambhir disclosed that Chakravarthy's emerging as a wicket-taking option in the middle overs was the reason for including ...