India, Feb. 19 -- After blanking England in the ODI series 3-0, India head coach Gautam Gambhir was asked whether Varun Chakaravarthy has done enough to warrant a place in India's XI in the Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh in Dubai. The former India opener, obviously, said nothing about his chances of starting ahead of Kuldeep Yadav but added that he was picked in India's Champions Trophy squad in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal sort of as a last-minute change because the management thought that he could win games. India captain Rohit Sharma spoke on similar lines in the pre-match press conference in Dubai before the Bangladesh match.

Rohit said the selectors and the team management liked whatever they saw of Chakaravarthy in the T20...