India will host England in a five-match T20I series from January 22. Here are the full squad lists for the series, including injury updates and replacements.
After getting over the disappointment of the 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy where India’s hopes of qualifying for the 2023-25 World Test Championship Final were dashed by Pat Cummins’ side, the Men in Blue will now face England in a 5-match T20I series at home.
On the other hand, England will come into the series on the back of a morale-boosting Test series win against New Zealand preceded by the 3-1 T20I series win against West Indies away from home.
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India play their first home match of the calendar year at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 22 followed by the second T20I at the spin-friendly MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on January 25.
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The action then moves to the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot where the 3rd T20I will be played out on January 28 followed by the 4th T20I in Pune on January 31. The series will conclude at the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai on February 2.
IND vs ENG 2025 T20Is: Team news
Axar Patel has been elevated to T20I vice-captaincy for the T20I series, underlining his importance to the Indian white-ball squad after the all-rounder did not play any of the red-ball games against New Zealand and Australia.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Shami has made the return to the Indian side after a 14 months out through injury as Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel, and Harshit Rana also return to the side. These five will replace the quintet of Avesh Khan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Ramandeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma, and Yash Dayal from the squad that defeated South Africa in their own backyard in November.
Riyan Parag was ruled out of the South Africa T20Is due to a chronic right shoulder injury and while the Rajasthan Royals all-rounder returned to the nets late in December 2024, he was not deemed fit enough to make the Indian squad.
