The Rest of India side's batting line-up bears a formidable look with a lot of current India players like Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer and Hanuma Vihari in the mix.

A case has been registered in Jodhpur against the trio for the comments made in Karan Johar's chat show Koffee with Karan earlier this year.

KL Rahul, who made a comeback to competitive cricket with India A assignment, had scores of 13, 42 and 0 against England Lions in three one-day games.

Shubman Gill is the seventh youngest ever to debut for India in ODI cricket on Thursday.

The squad doesn't contain any top performers from either Saurashtra or Vidarbha, as the Ranji Trophy final will only get over on February 7.

Rishabh Pant played a destructive knock of unbeaten 73 to take the team to victory line while returning KL Rahul also found some form in with slow but steady innings of 42 runs in 72 balls.   

Coming back into the side after the suspension on him was lifted, Pandya delivered figures of two for 45 in 10 overs and helped India restrict New Zealand for 243 in the third ODI.

In a low-scoring encounter, India A could manage only 172 in 47.1 overs but then did well enough to bowl out Lions for 112 in only 30.5 overs.

Dravid's comments came in the wake of the controversy surrounding the sexist remarks made by Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, who were suspended by the CoA.

Going into the World Cup, Pandya is a very important cog in India's plans and it is pertinent that he has a number of matches under his belt.

Pandya will be sent to New Zealand to join the team at the earliest and KL Rahul will join India A squad to play the last 3 one-day games against England Lions.

The decision to lift the suspension is pending an inquiry, for which an ombudsman is to be appointed by the Supreme Court.

Filmmaker Karan Johar also said he feels very responsible for the remarks made on 'Koffee with Karan' and has spent sleepless nights wondering how to 'undo this damage'.

Karan Johar finally speaks up on the controversy sparked by Hardik Pandya's statement on Koffee With Karan 6.

While reiterating that in the past players were prone to making mistakes as well, Dravid emphasised the need for training players.

The programme will also include all the age-group national teams and the A squads.

Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have been suspended pending an inquiry for their sexist comments on a TV chat show.

Around 14 state units had requested BCCI acting president CK Khanna to convene an emergent SGM, which needs to be called in 10 days.

The top court said it will hear the matter next week after senior advocate P S Narasimha, the new amicus curiae is available to assist it in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) case.

The controversy was triggered by Pandya and Rahul's much-condemned statements on celebrity talk-show Koffee with Karan.