India’s squad announced for the limited-overs series against England; Bhuvneshwar Kumar dropped from ODIs
The Indian Cricket Board announced the squad for the ODI and T20 series against England on Thursday night. For the unversed, the Men in Blue are scheduled to play a 3-match T20I series and a 3-match-ODI series after the rescheduled Test match in Birmingham.
Indian Cricket board rewarded the players who performed exceptionally in the two T20Is against Ireland. Ravi Bishnoi, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, and Avesh Khan have been included in all the three T20Is.
Sanju Samson has been included only for the first T20I, which has invited a lot of backlash from fans.
One of the most notable omissions from the T20I squad is Mohammad Shami. There were speculations around him for being dropped. Besides, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has missed out from the ODI squad.
Much to the delight of Punjab fans, Arshdeep Singh has received his maiden ODI call-up. Meanwhile, veteran player, Shikhar Dhawan retains his spot in the ODI team. The England team will be playing under their new leader Jos Buttler in the series after the retirement of Eoin Morgan. It will be Buttler’s first assignment as England’s full-time captain.
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
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