MUMBAI: There aren’t probably to be many surprises when the nationwide choice committee, led by former India pacer Ajit Agarkar, meets on the BCCI headquarters on the Wankhede Stadium right here on Sunday to decide the Indian team for the 5-match T20I dwelling sequence against. England, which is scheduled to start from January 22 on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
As per dependable sources, the selectors will solely decide the T20 aspect as of now, whereas the number of the three-match ODI sequence against England—the ODIs are supposed to be performed on February 6, 9 & 12—and the provisional squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai and Pakistan will be completed later.
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TOI understands that as per the ICC rule, all of the groups are supposed to submit their provisional squads by 23.59 on January 12, however the BCCI is probably going to ask for an extension in that regard. Normally, all of the groups are supposed to submit their provisional squads a month prematurely, however this time the ICC has stretched that interval to 5 weeks. Of course, the groups are allowed to change their squads later.
The Champions Trophy begins in Pakistan-UAE from February 19.
While quick bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj are set to be given a break from the sequence, there’s nonetheless uncertainty over whether or not veteran pacer Mohammed Shami, who has been bowling persistently throughout codecs in home cricket -he took 5 wickets in three matches within the Vijay Hazare Trophy-for the previous month now, will be given a T20I recall.
Punjab and Punjab Kings’ left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh and thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy will spearhead the bowling assault within the T20Is, with explosive batsman Suryakumar Yadav main the aspect.
Allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who carried out nicely within the Border-Gavaskar sequence in Australia just lately, scoring 298 runs @37.25 in 5 Tests together with a century on the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground within the fourth Test, will be included within the T20I squad, and so will be off-spinning allrounder Washington Sundar and prolific opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (prime run-getter within the 2024-25 BGT with 391 runs@43.44 in 5 Tests).
