Team India’s regular skipper Rohit Sharma, who missed out on the ongoing Test match against England after being tested positive for Covid-19, will return to lead the Men in Blue in the three-match T20I and ODI series.
India’s white-ball leg of the England tour will start with the first of the three T20Is on July 7.
Left-hand opening batter Shikhar Dhawan, who last represented India in February during the West Indies ODIs, has been included in the ODI squad.
All the 17 players, who were picked for the recently concluded Ireland series, will be a part of the Indian squad for the first T20I in Southampton, with Rohit being the only addition to the set-up.
For the second and third T20Is, regular campaigners – Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah – have been selected.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya – who led Team India against the Irish – along with Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel and Umran Malik have all been retained.
Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh has received his maiden call-up for the ODIs.
India’s squad for 1st T20I: Rohit Sharma (c), 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 (c), 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 (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
Jos Buttler will captain England as he was appointed for the new role on Thursday after Eoin Morgan’s international retirement.
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