The All India Senior Selection Committee on Thursday announced the Indian squad for the upcoming three-match T20 International and as many ODIs against England. The Indian cricket team will take on England in a white-ball series after the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston on Friday.
Captain Rohit Sharma will return to white-ball cricket after being ruled out of the fifth Test due to COVID-19. BCCI has selected two teams for the T20 series. In the first T20I, BCCI included several players from the recently included Ireland series, where India Won 2-0.
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While senior players including Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja will return to the white-ball set-up from the second T20I.
Young players including Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Venkatesh Iyer and Arshdeep Singh have been left out of the squad for the last two T20Is.
Another notable absence from the T20I squad is veteran pacer Mohammed Shami who indicated that BCCI is not considering him for the upcoming T20Is. World cup
Young spinner Ravi Bishnoi has been named in the T20 squad for all three matches along with pacers Umran Malik, Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan.
Deepak Hooda, who scored his maiden T20I century against Ireland, has also made it to the squad for all three matches.
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Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan has been included in the ODI squad in the absence of KL Rahul, who is recovering from surgery. While young Arshdeep got his maiden ODI call-up as Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been dropped from the 50-over squad.
Other notable additions to the ODI squad include Hardik Pandya and Mohammad Siraj.
Indian team for first T20 match: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel , Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik
Indian squad for 2nd and 3rd T20Is: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah , Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik
Indian team for 3 ODIs: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, J Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Shami , Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
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