Although there has not been an official BCCI advertisement about the inclusion of Varun, the development is significant considering that these hate against England are the first 50 upper games that India has been playing since August last year and the only series before the next Champions Trophy. Several bowling players specialized in the Champions Trophy, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah team are on the way back to injuries. Bumrah is part of the team only for the third hate against England, with Rana Harshit in the 16 for the first two games.
India plays England in Nagpur, Cutthack and Ahmedabad on February 6, 9 and 12 before heading to Dubai for the Champions Trophy. They can make changes in their Champions Trophy team until February 11 without the approval of the ICC.
India Odi Squadron vs England
Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kl Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sucid , Yashavi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana (first two hate), Jasprit Bumrah (Third Odi), Varun Chakravarthy