It is understood Kohli will undergo his fitness assessment at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru over the coming week.
With India building up towards the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, they named a full-strength squad for the England series, with Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah returning to the squad. Bumrah has not played an ODI since the 2023 World Cup final due to workload-management reasons, while Axar had been out of the ODI squad for India’s last three series – all at home against South Africa, New Zealand and Afghanistan.
Bumrah takes the place of Prince Yadav in India’s pace attack while Axar comes back as a straight swap with left-arm spin allrounder Harsh Dubey. Both Prince and Dubey made their ODI debuts against Afghanistan.
The three ODIs on the England tour are scheduled to take place in Birmingham (July 14), Cardiff (July 16) and at Lord’s (July 19).
India squad for ODI series in England
Shubman Gill (capt), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (subject to fitness clearance), 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.
