IndVsEng ODI 2021: Team India’s ODI Squad Announced, Suryakumar Yadav gets a Spot in ODI Team

BCCI announces India’s squad for the upcoming ODI matches against England. The ODI series is scheduled for March 23, 26 and 28 in Pune and the matches will be played behind closed doors. 

There will be 2 debutants to watch upon during this ODI series. One of them will be Mumbai Indian’s frontline batsmen Suryakumar Yadav. Sky became the first India to score a maiden half century in T20I. He has already made a strong statement about his skills by hitting a median 57 runs of 29 balls in his debut T20I against England, on 18th March, in Narendra Modi Stadium. 

Second debutant to look upon will be Prasidh Krishna who is a fastballer and was regularly seen in the nets of KKR team. He has maintained a decent record with KKR and is generally known for his pace and his ability to swing the ball at 140+ speed. 

Here the list of players included in the squad announced by BCCI selectors:

TEAM – Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Y Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, W Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur.

India lost their last ODI series against Australia in December 2020 and they would be hoping to put up a better performance in their own backyard against England.