England bowlers Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue have been rested for England’s T20 international against India in Durham, with Luke Wood and Saqib Mahmood drafted in for the series opener.
Fast bowlers Archer and Tongue will sit out Wednesday’s game at Chester-le-Street following their participation in the New Zealand Test series, but will rejoin the squad for Saturday’s game at Old Trafford.
Lancashire quick Wood and Mahmood are the only players in the squad who did not start England’s last match, a seven-run defeat to India in the semi-final of the 2026 T20 World Cup on 5 March.
Just a day after Ben Stokes’ farewell to international cricket, England battle from Trent Bridge to Durham for the first of eight white-ball matches in 19 days against India.
England’s white-ball captain Harry Brook will lead an experienced team that boasts over 650 caps between them.
England team will face India in first T20I
England XI: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook (captain), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Saqib Mahmood.
India’s T20 squad on tour in England
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
England’s home series against India
- First T20 (Wednesday 1 July) – Banks Homes Riverside, Durham (5.30pm)
- Second T20 (Saturday, July 4) – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (2.30pm)
- Third T20 (Tuesday, July 7) – Trent Bridge, Nottingham (5.30pm)
- Fourth T20 (Thursday 9 July) – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (5.30pm)
- Fifth T20 (Saturday 11 July) – Utilita Bowl, Southampton (2.30pm)
- First ODI (Tuesday 14 July) – Edgbaston, Birmingham (11am)
- Second ODI (Thursday 16 July) – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (1pm)
- Third ODI (Sunday 19 July) – Lord’s, London (11am)
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