Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of India's upcoming T20 series against England, but Mohammed Shami is back after more than a year out due to injury.
Bumrah, 31, suffered back spasms during the fifth and final Test in Australia earlier this month and was unable to bowl in the second innings as the hosts secured a 3-1 series win to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
As such, he has been left out, but Shami does return to the side after a knee injury that has kept him out of action since the 50-over World Cup final defeat to Australia in November 2023.
Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been left out of the 15-man T20 squad but is likely to be rested after playing all five Tests in Australia, with batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill also not included in the Test squad.
India's Mohammad Shami is back in the team after an ankle injury
Dhruv Jurel and Sanju Samson are India's options behind the stumps for the England series, while the hosts will be led by captain Suryakumar Yadav.
India are yet to name their squad for the upcoming ODI series or Champions Trophy.
World champions India host England in five T20s from January 22 to February 2, followed by a three-match one-day international series.
India squad for T20I series against England: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Sundar , Dhruv Jurel (Sun.).
England squad for T20I series against India: Jos Buttler (c, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
Atherton: England can be encouraged by the Australia-India series
Sky Sports Cricket's Michael Atherton believes England can be encouraged by the recent Test series between Australia and India as Ben Stokes' side prepare to face both teams over the next 12 months.
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Sky Sports' Michael Atherton believes England can be encouraged by the struggles of both Australia and India
Australia were easily beaten by 295 runs in the opening Test in Perth before fighting back to win the series 3-1, but Atherton has identified flaws in the home side's batting line-up, particularly one that has the former England captain “optimistic” of a first Ashes win Down Under from 2010/11.
Travis Head and Yashavi Jaiswal were the only top-order batsmen on either side to average over 35 – 56.00 and 43.44 respectively – and although the scourge of England in the Ashes past, Steve Smith, matched Head's two centuries for the series, he averaged a modest 34.88, with other notable players, Virat Kohli (23.75), Rohit Sharma (6.20) and Marnus Labuschagne (25.77) is even worse.
England host India in a five-Test series from June 20 this summer, before traveling to Australia for the Ashes in November.
“Lack of form for India's top players, Rohit, Virat and others, allied with over-reliance on (Jasprit) Bumrah, ended up being the difference,” Atherton said on the latest episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
“From England's perspective, I felt they would have received a bit of encouragement… from both sides, actually.”