Apart from them four other players, top-order batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, and pace duo Ashok Dinda and Shami Ahmed, who were the part of India’s squad for the home ODI series against England in January, have been left out.
Dinesh Karthik, who last played an ODI almost three years ago, made a comeback to the squad while pacer Umesh Yadav has also succeeded to find room after recovering from injury.
All-rounder Irfan Pathan, seamer Vinay Kumar also found their name in the 15-man list, which also feature Shikhar Dhawan, who grabbed the limelight in the Test series against Australia by hitting the quickest ever debutant ton and the dazzling run in the on going Indian Premier League.
Gambhir and Yuvraj both look lackluster in the ODI series against England, in which the former could manage to score 127 in the five matches. Yuvraj has managed to hit just one half-century in eight ODIs since making a comeback to the team after defeating the lung-cancer.
The selectors continued to overlook Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, and Zaheer Khan, putting their international careers in jeopardy.
India, who have been placed in Group B, will take on South Africa in the tournament opener on Cardiff on June 6 before coming head-to-head against West Indies on June 11 at London. They will play their last league match against arch-rivals Pakistan on June 15 at Birmingham.
India Squad:
MS Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik (wk), M Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar