Ishant Sharma was on Thursday rested from the 16-member Indian squad while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was brought back into the team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. ( Watch )

National selectors also dropped middle order batsman Robin Uthappa while giving chance to Delhi’s Virat Kohli to make his international debut in the five-ODI series starting on August 18.

Ishant, under BCCI’s rotation policy, has been replaced by Munaf Patel but the lanky fast bowler would return t