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India announce squads for T20I and ODI series against England

NEW DELHI: India have announced squads for the three-match T20I and ODI series against England with Rohit Sharma named as captain of the Indian side after being ruled out of the rescheduled Edgbaston Test due to Covid-19.

Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, and Rishabh Pant will be rested for the first T20I on July 7 at Southampton, just two days after the conclusion of the Test.

Indian skipper in the recently concluded two-match T20I series against Ireland, Hardik Pandya, made a return to the ODI squad after missing out last ODI series against West Indies while left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan also managed to find a spot in the ODI squad.

Meanwhile, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has received his maiden ODI call-up.

India are set to lock horns against the hosts England in three-match T20I series set to commence on July 7, followed by three ODIs on July 12, 14, and 17.

Squad: 

1st T20I: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, 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

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

ODI series: 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

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