The master batsman aggregated 1425 runs, including one century and 13 half-centuries in 32 innings in ODIs this year.
India brought back batsman Virender Sehwag in place of left-arm spinner Murali Kartik.
India brought in Murali Kartik in place of Virender Sehwag while left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman replaced Rao Ifthikar Anjum in the Pakistan team.
Pakistan recalled left-handed opener Salman Butt in place of Imran Nazir while India picked in-form Gautam Gambhir ahead of the experienced Virender Sehwag.
Harbhajan Singh said the absence of Inzamam-ul Haq would give hosts India an edge in the upcoming series against Pakistan.
In Karachi, mobs gathered to raise slogans against the Pakistani players, particularly Afridi and Younis.
Debutant Junaid Siddique's sparkling 71 went in vain as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by four wickets in an inconsequential match of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Sania Mirza ended her career with first round defeat at WTA Dubai event.
World XI beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 international to level the three-match series at 1-1 at Lahore's Gaddafi stadium, on Wednesday.
Pakistan will be eager to raise their game.
As if the 140-run pounding was not bad enough, Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik was on Wednesday fined 20 per cent of his match fee, and his teammates docked 10 per cent for slow over-rate against India in the ongoing tri-series. ICC Match Referee Jeff Crowe imposed the fine after Pakistan were found two overs short of its target when time allowances were taken into consideration.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani said that the Sri Lankan delegation will visit the grounds and hotels where the teams will stay in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad besides meeting the board, police and security officials.
Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was referring to Pakistan's victory against India in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in England in 2017, when they claimed a crushing 180-run victory.
Rohit achieved the feat in style, clobbering leg-spinner Ish Sodhi over the fine-leg boundary for a six during India's chase of 159 runs in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Auckland
Pakistan captain Younis Khan on Tuesday set a plethora of records on his way to an unbeaten 306 on the fourth day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium in Karachi.
Sources in the Pakistan team in Bangalore told PTI on Thursday night that efforts were being made by the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the team management to convince Younis to change his mind.
The appointment of Younis in place of opener Salman Butt will be seen by many as the first step towards his eventual appointment as captain, at least for the Test side.
The 18-man provisional squad includes uncapped Riffatullah Mohmand who scored 444 runs with three hundreds in Pakistan's premier domestic cricket tournament Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 2005.
The players face stiff penalties, including match bans, if they speak to the media without prior permission from the team management.
India's captain confessed that Pakistan came "too close for comfort" in their run chase in the first One-Day International.
The former Pakistan captain slammed cricket's ruling body for questioning the actions of his compatriots Shabbir Ahmed and Shoaib Malik.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza says his injury-struck side will have to improve considerably in all departments to challenge India in the Asia Cup final, in Dubai, on Friday.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Pakistan and Scotland, in Sharjah, on Sunday.
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq says it is a shame that leading finger spinners were banned from bowling the 'doosra'.
Pakistan posted 347 for 5 and then restricted the visitors to 243 for 7 in 50 overs.
Pakistan were set 159 runs to win from 32 overs according to the Duckworth-Lewis calculation.
Younis Khan is willing to captain the national team after clarifying certain issues with the Pakistan Cricket Board.
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
India captain Mahendra Dhoni hailed his deputy Yuvraj Singh after he top-scored with 77 to help win the third ODI against Pakistan.
Ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble says the forthcoming three-Test series against Pakistan is going to be tough in spite of the absence of the visitors' former captain Inzamam-ul Haq, who recently retired from the game.
Another splendid innings from Mohammad Yousuf led Pakistan to a six-wicket win over South Africa in the third one-dayer at the Iqbal stadium on Tuesday.
"Asif has been advised to rest for one more match as he has not made a 100 percent recovery (from an elbow injury)," chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed told Reuters on Monday.
Mohammed Yousuf and Younis Khan ensured a draw for Pakistan in the second Test against South Africa.
South Africa score big win over Pakistan Pacer Dale Steyn took five wickets to lead South Africa to a thumping 160-run victory just before tea on the final day of the first Test.
Pakistan were struggling to avoid the follow-on after being reduced to 127 for five by South Africa, who made 450 runs.
Yusuf Pathan, a hard-hitting batsman, useful off-spinner and brilliant fielder, made it to the Indian Twenty20 team more on the strength of his aggressive approach to the game.
Drawing flak after the loss to India, Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed has warned his teammates of further backlash at home if they fail to lift their game in the remaining matches of the ongoing World Cup.
One-Day International career statistics of Pakistan's squad for the Champions Trophy.
'There used to be an explicit anti-Pakistan aggressiveness in celebrating India's victory. Perhaps it will vanish \n\nentirely one day, this hatred ingrained in our hearts.'
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