Indian vice-captain Shubman Gill has said that one series cannot determine the form of the entire team. After team practice in Nagpur on Tuesday, he said there are many players in the team who have consistently performed well in many tournaments and series. The Indian team had lost the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series 3-1 in Australia. Star batsmen Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill himself had completely flopped in the series. First match in Nagpur
The Indian ODI team will play the first match of the 3-match ODI series against England starting February 6 in Nagpur. Through this series, India will also strengthen its preparation for the Champions Trophy starting February 19. We didn't play according to our expectations in Australia: Gill
After practice, opener Gill told reporters, "One series doesn't determine the form of the entire team. There are many players who have consistently performed well in multiple tournaments. We couldn't play according to our expectations in Australia." Gill further said, "Luck wasn't on our side, Jasprit Bumrah got injured on the last day of the Sydney Test. If he was there, we could have won the match and the series would have been drawn." Before losing in Australia, India suffered a 3-0 clean sweep at the hands of New Zealand at home. Varun Chakravarthy added to India squad After an impressive show in the T20I series, Varun Chakravarthy was included in the Indian team for the ODI squad as well. Chakravarthy, who is yet to make his ODI debut picked up 14 wickets in the five-match T20I leg which India won 4-1. India's squad for ODI Series against England
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (Third Match), Harshit Rana (First 2 Matches), Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakravarthy.Original Article