India Squad England Series: India Tour of England: A full-strength Team India will face England in three T20Is and as many ODIs starting July 7. Barring injured KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah will all return as Rahul Dravid begins full-fledged preparations for T20 World Cup. Follow IND vs ENG Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Some reports claimed that the same squad for Ireland tour will be retained for the England series. But one of the selectors confirmed to InsideSport that all senior players will be available.
“All senior players will be available for the England series. Yes, we have to carry a larger squad because of the two warm-up T20s but Rohit & Virat and other first-team players will be available,” a member of the selection committee told InsideSport on Tuesday.
India Squad England Series: Full-strength squad to face England in white-ball series, squad announcement this week: Follow Live Updates
India’s squad for 1st T20I: 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
India’s squad for 2nd and 3rd T20I: 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
India’s squad 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
But instead of a 15-member squad, India is expected to have a larger squad at disposal for the two warm-up matches. Most of the players from the Ireland tour will be available for the warm-up games before making way for senior players for the T20 series against England starting July 7.
“We have a set team. We just need to trim it a little for the England series to accommodate the seniors. Some of the guys will return home after the Ireland series. We will have a selection meeting soon. We will have a larger squad for contingency as the team will not be in a bio-bubble,” a member of the selection committee told InsideSport.
India Squad England Series: Full-strength squad to face England in white-ball series, squad announcement this week: Follow Live Updates
The selectors will also have to pick two squads for ODIs and T20Is for the England tour. With Shikhar Dhawan set to return for the ODI series. Sanju Samson is also expected to be in the ODI series.
India Squad England Series: Full-strength squad to face England in white-ball series, squad announcement this week: Follow Live Updates
India Squad England Series: What will be the combination?
- KL Rahul is unavailable for the tour as he is nursing a groin injury.
- Hardik Pandya is also set to make a comeback to ODI squad.
- Shikhar Dhawan who is not in plans for T20Is will get a recall for ODI series and is set to open with Rohit Sharma.
- Selection committee chairman Chetan Sharma is with the team in Ireland and in England to oversee proceedings.
- However, the squad that is travelling to Ireland will not be intact. Many of the players will return home to make way for senior players.
- But Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik are expected to be backup options and will travel with the squad.
- India will play two warm-up matches ahead of T20 series against Derbyshire and Northamptonshire on July 1 and 3.
India Squad England Series: Full-strength squad to face England in white-ball series, squad announcement this week: Follow Live Updates
India Tour of England Schedule:
- India vs Derbyshire T20: July 1
- India vs England 5th Test – July 1-5 @ Birmingham
- India vs Northamptonshire: July 3
- IND vs ENG 1st T20: July 7 @ Southampton
- IND vs ENG 2nd T20: July 9 @ Birmingham
- IND vs ENG 3rd T20: July 10 @ Nottingham
- IND vs ENG 1st ODI: July 12 @ Kennington Oval
- IND vs ENG 2nd ODI: July 14 @ Lord’s
- IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: July 17 @ Manchester
India Squad England Series: Full-strength squad to face England in white-ball series, squad announcement this week: Follow Live Updates
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