Varun Chakraborty’s impressive bowling in the recently concluded T20 series against England has earned him a place in India’s ODI team. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav, who was India’s T20 captain, will be playing a Ranji trophy game for Mumbai and so will Shivam Dube. They will be part of Mumbai’s quarter-final fixture against Haryana, to be played from February 8 to 12 in Lahli. Suryakumar managed to score just 28 runs in the T-20 series.
Varun was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory against England. He took 14 wickets at an average of 9.86 with an economy of 7.66. He was also the second highest wicket-taker in this season's Vijay Hazare Trophy
Varun travelled with the ODI squad to Nagpur, the venue for the first ODI. He was a part of the team’s training session. India and England will lock horns against each other on Thursday. Spinners Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar are already a part of the Indian team. So it will be interesting to see how many days hours actually make it in the playing 11.
After Nagpur, India and England will play in Cuttack and Ahmedabad on February 9 and 12 respectively. Joe Root will be part of the team which will be led by Jos Buttler.
India ODI squad vs England
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana (first two ODIs), Jasprit Bumrah (third ODI), Varun Chakravarthy
