The BCCI confirmed a 15-man squad for the forthcoming white-ball match on Sunday, while Virat Kohli was included in the team for the three-match ODI series against England next month, pending fitness clearance.
On Monday, Kohli will report to the Center of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for a fitness test after attending a promotional event in Delhi.
During Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2026 title-defending run, Kohli sustained a hamstring injury. He was unable to play in the most recent three-match ODI series against Afghanistan due to the injury.
Kohli was visited by CoE sports science personnel in England a while back to check on his recovery.
With the exception of young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal’s exclusion, the Shubman Gill-led ODI team had no surprises. Jaiswal, who replaced Kohli in the Afghanistan series, was not selected despite scoring a hundred in the two matches that he played in the series.
The selection committee’s standard procedure is that a replacement player makes room when the first-choice cricket player, who was injured, returns.
“Against England, there won’t be much experiment with top order. Virat comes back at No 3 and Gill will open with Rohit Sharma. For back up opener’s slot, selectors have Ishan Kishan who can be used as a floater,” PTI quoted a BCCI source as saying.
After taking a break to manage his workload, pacer Jasprit Bumrah has also been summoned back into the team. Veteran all-rounder Axar Patel, who took the place of rookie left arm spinner Harsh Dubey, is also returning. For the multi-day series against Sri Lanka A, Dubey will play for the India A red ball team.
“The Indian team management will give chances to both Dubey and Axar periodically to check who will be more suitable going into the World Cup. As of now only Ravindra Jadeja is being looked at as a Test specialist,” the source added.
The three ODIs between India and England will take place at Edgbaston on July 14, Sophia Gardens on July 16, and Lord’s on July 19.
Due to his ongoing foot injury, spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been left off of the T20I team for the Ireland series. According to the board, Chakravarthy is nearing the end of his recuperation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence after suffering a left foot injury during the 2026 Indian Premier League.
The T20I team in Ireland will be captained by Shreyas Iyer, with Tilak Varma acting as vice-captain.
ODI squad for England: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli*, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), K L Rahul (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar
Updated squad for Ireland T20Is: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna
