India's Champions Trophy squad and their performance in the IPL 2017

Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane was the seasoned opener for the Rising Pune Supergiant this season. He opened the batting along with Rahul Tripathi for the Rising Pune Supergiant. Much was expected from him but the veteran batsman largely disappointed this season. He was overshadowed by young Tripathi who did bulk of the scoring for RPS this year.

In the 16 matches that Ajinkya played, he aggregated 382 runs with an average just ticking over 25. He batted with a strike rate of 118.26 and had only 2 fifties to his name. In the finals, he came back to good form though as he finished as the second leading run scorer for his team on the night.

MS Dhoni (wk)

Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni will have all the eyes glued to him in the Champions Trophy this year. The scenes would be no different since he had the spotlight on him this season as well. Dhoni managed to live up to the expectations to a certain extent. He had a couple of exceptional innings to his name this season.

Barring those, he failed to click when the team needed him the most. He hammered an unbeaten 40 off 26 against Mumbai Indians in the league stages. Also, he had played a match-winning unbeaten 61 off 34 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. With the gloves, he was ominous in the season. Dhoni amounted 290 runs in 16 matches with an average of 26.36 in IPL 10.

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh will have to shoulder a lot of responsibility in the middle order for the team India in the Champions Trophy. Yuvraj has been a perennial performer for the Indian team but had an ordinary IPL this year. He managed to score 2 fifties in the 12 matches that he played.

In all, he scored 252 runs at an average of 28 this season. His strike rate was highly impressive though. He batted with a strike rate of 142.37 and looked in commanding positions when onsong. Injuries saw him miss out on some quality action though.