Shami return to India squad after long injury break (Image Credit:- X)

Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami picked for 5 match T20I series against England which is scheduled to begin from January 22^nd onwards. Shami last played for India in 2023 ODI World Cup Final against Australia.

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Shami who undergo surgery after suffering a heel injury during the ODI World Cup in 2023 which ruled him out of IPL 2024 and T20 World Cup last year. He also missed the home test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand. The injury ruled him out of recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

Axar Patel named deputy for 15 member squad lead by Suryakumar Yadhav. He named vice captain in spite of Hardik Pandya’s presence in the squad.

India left out left hand wicket keeper batter Rishabh Pant from the T20I squad. Sanju Samson is the first choice wicket keeper in the side with Dhruv Jurel as back up.

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Apart from Shami , Arshdeep Singh , Hardik Pandya , Harshit Rana and Nitish Reddy are the pace bowling options. Varun Chakravarthy , Ravi Bishnoi , Washington Sundar and Abhishek Sharma will look after the spin department.

After the T20I series India and England will play 3 match ODI series.

India T20I Squad:- Suryakumar Yadhav (c) , Sanju Samson (wk) , Abhishek Sharma , Tilak Varma , Hardik Pandya , Rinku Singh , Nitish Kumar Reddy , Axar Patel (vc) , Harshit Rana , Arshdeep Singh , Mohammed Shami , Varun Chakravarthy , Ravi Bishnoi , Washington Sundar , Dhruv Jurel (wk).