IND vs England T20 series team announced, Virat Kohli out

The All-India Senior Selection Committee announced India’s squads for the upcoming three-match T20I and as many ODI match series against England on Thursday. The Indian cricket team will lock horns with England in the white-ball series after the rescheduled fifth Test match which will be played on Friday at Edgbaston. IND vs England T20 series team announced, Virat Kohli out.

Captain Rohit Sharma will return to the white-ball cricket after missing out on the fifth Test match due to COVID-19. The BCCI has selected two teams for the T20I series. In the first T20I, BCCI included several players from the recently included Ireland series where India emerged victorious 2-0. The All-India Senior Selection Committee announced India’s squads for the upcoming three-match T20I and as many ODI match series against England on Thursday.

The Indian cricket team will lock horns with England in the white-ball series after the rescheduled fifth Test match which will be played on Friday at Edgbaston. On the eve of India’s rescheduled fifth Test match against England, BCCI announced the squad for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against the Three Lions. While Rohit Sharma will captain the side, there’s a huge boost for Shikhar Dhawan ahead of the T20 World Cup later this year as he was recalled for the ODI squad.

Dhawan had a spectacular IPL 2022 season with Punjab Kings, where he scored 460 runs in 14 games but wasn’t selected for India’s squad against South Africa or Ireland.  However, ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup later in Australia, Dhawan will have a chance of making a case for himself, by performing in the 3-match ODI series against England. Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah out from 1st T20 against England.

Young players including Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Venkatesh Iyer and Arshdeep Singh are excluded from the squad for the last two T20Is. Another notable absentee from the T20I squad is veteran pacer Mohammed Shami which indicated the BCCI is not considering him for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Young spinner Ravi Bishnoi has been picked in the T20I squad for all three matches alongside pacers Umran Malik, Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan.

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.

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 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