Senior batter Virat Kohli was named in India's squad for the three-match ODI series against England next month, subject to fitness clearance. Kohli, who is in Delhi for a promotional event, will report to the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru on Monday for a fitness test. It was on Sunday that the BCCI announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming campaign.
Virat Kohli had suffered a hamstring injury during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's title-defending run in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The injury had ruled him out of the recent three-match ODI series against Afghanistan.
The Shubman Gill-led ODI team didn't have any surprises, except that young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal has been dropped after being a part of the short Afghanistan series. Jaiswal was Kohli's replacement for the Afghanistan series.
Ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah has also been called back to the squad after being rested for workload management. Also making a comeback is all-rounder Axar Patel, who replaced rookie left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey.
India will play the three ODIs against England at Edgbaston (July 14), Sophia Gardens (July 16) and Lord's (July 19).
ODI squad for England:
Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli*, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar.
Meanwhile, spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been dropped from the T20I squad for the Ireland series as he is yet to recover from his foot injury. The board said Chakravarthy is in the final stages of rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence following a left-foot injury sustained during IPL 2026.
Shreyas Iyer will captain the T20I side in Ireland, with Tilak Varma serving as vice-captain.
T20I squad for Ireland:
Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), 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.
