Joe Root returns to England ODI side for Champions Trophy, injured Ben Stokes misses out | Cricket News
Joe Root has been recalled to England’s ODI side for the first time since the 2023 ODI World Cup for their upcoming white-ball tour of India and the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, hosted Pakan in February and March.
Meanwhile, England’s Test team captain Ben Stokes has not been considered for selection as he continues to be assessed following a left hamstring injury sustained during the third Test match against New Zealand earlier this month, the England Cricket Board said in a statement.
England will play three ODIs and five T20Is against India, followed the Champions Trophy.
In the first England men’s ODI and T20I squads to be announced under McCullum’s extended white ball head coach role, two groups of 15 players have been named for each format with Root only selected for the ODIs and Leicestershire leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed named in the T20 squad.
England will depart for India on January 17 ahead of the first T20 in Kolkata on January 22.
Squads
England ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood
England T20I squad: Jos Buttler (captain), 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
India vs England ODI schedule
First ODI: VCA Stadium, Nagpur – February 6Second ODI: Barabati Stadium, Cuttack – February 9Third ODI: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad – February 12
India vs England T20I schedule
First T20I: Eden Gardens, Kolkata – January 22Second T20I: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai – January 25Third T20I: Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot – January 28Fourth T20I: MCA Stadium, Pune – January 31Fifth T20I: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – February 2
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