India, Feb. 20 -- The Indian team retained the same bowling combination as the recently concluded ODI series against England-three spinners and three fast bowlers-for the Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh on Thursday. Mohammed Shami, as expected, was the frontline pacer, with all-rounder Hardik Pandya joining him in the department. However, India's second specialist pacer was Harshit Rana rather than Arshdeep Singh, which left fans on social media angry.

Arshdeep was part of India's provisional squad for the Champions Trophy, which was announced back in January, while Rana was only named in the team on the eve of the deadline date two weeks ago after Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the tournament. Rana then played all three ODIs...