India hand maiden call ups to Prasidh Krishna, Krunal Pandya for England ODI series

Getting on the act of trying various new names before the subsequent T20 World Cup in the next two years, India have handed maiden call ups to Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav, and Krunal Pandya for the ODI series against England.

Prasidh made his first-class debut in 2015 but rose to prominence on the back of his raw pace and movement off the pitch in the IPL where he debuted in the 2018 edition with the Kolkata Knight Riders. 

On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav has been piling on runs in the white-ball formats in the domestic arena and the IPL. His inclusion was always on the cards given he has already made his debut in the shortest format against England and produced a match-winning batting performance in his very first opportunity with the bat.

From the last series against Australia, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant have made a return to the Indian ODI side. Rohit had missed the series Down Under due to injury while Pant’s form could not find him a place in the Indian white-ball set up. The selection committee has outlined wicket-keeping duties against the names of both KL Rahul and Pant for the series against England.

Rohit has returned as the vice-captain of the side and most likely will resume his partnership with Shikhar Dhawan in the fifty over format. Hence, Mayank Agarwal who played two ODIs in Australia and could not make big runs has been dropped from the squad, while Shubman Gill, who played in the last ODI of the series against Australia has been retained as the third opener in the squad.

As it was made out in media reports, Jasprit Bumrah will continue to be out of the Indian team for the ODI series as well after seeking time off the team for a personal reason.

The pace department will still miss Mohammed Shami who broke his hand in the last series, but it has opened up an opportunity for Mohammed Siraj and Krishna. The pace attack will be led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar who is showing signs of coming back to his best with the red ball in the ongoing T20I series against England. T Natarajan has also retained his place in the ODI squad after an impressive debut in Australia and passing the latest round of fitness test.

In the spin bowling department, Kuldeep Yadav has retained his place in the squad along with Yuzvendra Chahal while Krunal Pandya has earned maiden call ups as someone to replace Ravindra Jadeja, who is yet to fully recover from the finger injury he suffered in Australia.

India’s ODI squad 

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur.