Ramkumar Ramanathan

No Indian Davis Cup squad have travelled to Pakistan since March 1964.

Djere, ranked 86, had lost both his earlier Davis Cup matches before clashing with Ramkumar.

India's men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji will clash with Nikola Milojevic and Danilo Petrovic in the third rubber.

Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan and Saketh Myneni were selected.

Leander Paes did not travel to Indonesia with the rest of the squad.

Ramanathan will take on third-seeded Steve Johnson in the final on Sunday.

India advanced to the World Group Play-offs with a sensational 3-2 win over China.

Yuki, seeded ninth in the qualifiers, prevailed 6-4 6-2 in the second and final qualifying round to make it to the season's first Master series event.

Bhambri, who was junior world number one, had won Australian Open boys singles title in 2009 and has played only at this Grand Slam in the main draw since turning Pro.

Ramkumar Ramanathan won his second round of Australian Open qualifiers in straight sets.

Bhambri, seeded 15th, overcame Canada's Bradely Schuner 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the opening round and will next take on Spain's Carlos Taberner.

India were left to battle it out in the Asian zone yet again after Ramkumar Ramanathan's defeat in the must-win fourth rubber as Denis Shapovalov steered Canada back to the elite Davis Cup World Group

Ramkumar Ramanathan fetched the crucial win but Yuki Bhambri made the day memorable even in defeat as India and Canada shared the honours on day one of the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie.

Ramkumar Ramanathan made it to the main draw as a lucky loser after Gael Monfils withdrew due to illness.

Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni, injured during the Uzbekistan tie, return to Davis Cup squad as veteran Leander Paes is dropped.

It was in the eighth game of the second set that the 22-year-old served an ace to finish the match.

India defeated Uzbekistan 4-1 to enter the Davis Cup World Group Playoffs. If India win their next tie they will enter the elite World Group.

Rohan Bopanna and debutant N Sriram Balaji were clinical in routing their rivals as India sealed the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie against Uzbekistan by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead on Saturday.