Although injured southpaw Shikhar Dhawan has not yet been ruled out of the World Cup, the Indian team management is taking no chances and has called for a back-up in explosive batsman Rishabh Pant.

Pant, who is holidaying with his family in Dubai, is expected to join the Indian team in Manchester where India take on Pakistan on June 16. There was hue and cry when Pant was not included in the 15-member team picked for the World Cup. He was then announced as a standby along with Ambati Rayudu.