Dhoni, Kohli and four others rested for Zimbawe, Rahane captain
The national selectors headed by Sandeep Patil decided to give a break to Dhoni, Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav while recalling veteran offspinner Harbhajan Singh and others.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was dropped for his continuing off-form.
Harbhajan, who recently made his Test comeback against Bangladesh in Fatullah, returned to the ODI squad after four years.
Also making a comeback to the 15-member squad are Murali Vijay, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Karn Sharma.
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