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 match at Chester-le-Street following their participation in the New Zealand Test series but will re-join the squad for Saturday’s match at Old Trafford.
Lancashire quicks Wood and Mahmood are the only players in the team who did not start England’s last game, a seven-run defeat to India in the semi-finals of the 2026 T20 World Cup on March 5.
Just a day on from Ben Stokes’ farewell to international cricket, England hot-foot it from Trent Bridge to Durham for the first of eight white-ball matches in 19 days against India.
England white-ball captain Harry Brook will lead an experienced side, which boast over 650 caps between them.
England team to 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 T20 squad for tour of 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, Harshit Rana.
England’s home series against India fixtures
- First T20 (Wednesday July 1) – 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 July 9) – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (5.30pm)
- Fifth T20 (Saturday July 11) – Utilita Bowl, Southampton (2.30pm)
- First ODI (Tuesday July 14) – Edgbaston, Birmingham (11am)
- Second ODI (Thursday July 16) – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (1pm)
- Third ODI (Sunday July 19) – Lord’s, London (11am)
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