Kohli, Bumrah make their his returns in blues as India announce ODI squad for England series.

With subject to fitness, talismanic India batsman Virat Kohli has been included in the upcoming  ODI series against England. Jasprit Bumrah too returns to the squad after a very very long hiatus as he played his last ODI in 2024 against Sri Lanka.

While the 32-year-old pace spearhead was rested for both the one-off Test and the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan as part of the BCCI's workload management plan. Kohli, has suffered a hamstring injury in the IPL 2026 final and was subsequently ruled out of the ODI series against Afghanistan. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who replaced Kohli in that squad, has not been picked for the England tour.

The three-match ODI series serves as a continuation of India's build-up to the 2027 World Cup in South Africa. It also sees the return of Harshit Rana, who impressed with both bat and ball during India's series against New Zealand earlier this year before being sidelined by a right knee lateral meniscus tear. The injury required surgery and forced him to miss both the T20 World Cup and the subsequent IPL season. He was recently added to the squad for the final ODI against Afghanistan.

Axar Patel has been drafted into the squad in place of Harsh Dubey, who was picked for the Afghanistan series. The 32-year-old Axar was part of India's ODI squad for the Australia series last October but has not played an ODI since. There remains no place for Ravindra Jadeja, with Washington Sundar continuing to occupy the role of the spin-bowling all-rounder.

With mission 2027 now in sight, the countdown begins for Kohli and Rohit, who are almost on the verge of sunset in their careers. While Rohit did manage to score some runs against Afghanistan in the ODI series, Kohli would like some runs under his belt too as fitness and him is never an issue. Hardik Pandya too continues to be on sidelines as his back spasm that he suffered in the IPL is still troubling him. 

India's tour of England will begin with a five-match T20I leg starting on July 1. The three ODIs will be played on July 14 (Birmingham), July 16 (Cardiff) and July 19 (London, Lord's).

India will play two T20Is against Ireland on June 26 and 28 before heading to England where child prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi might be the youngest cricketer to don India colors.

India T20I squad vs Ireland & England: Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna.

India ODI squad vs England: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli*, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar. (* - subject to fitness clearance)