A distinct slant towards spin and a lack of ODI experience among the pace unit are the obvious takeaways from India’s Champions Trophy squad of 15, announced late in the night — as per norm — on Tuesday.

To no one’s surprise (and we aren’t talking only about how the press release from the Board of Control for Cricket in India landed in inboxes at a symmetrical 2323 hours), pace ace Jasprit Bumrah was withdrawn from the provisional squad announced on January 18. It was always on the cards that the unquestioned spearhead would come up short in the desperate race against time to recover fully from the back injury that prevented him from bowling in the second innings of the Sydney Test against Australia on January 5.