Arshdeep Singh receives his maiden India cap from captain Rohit Sharma
Arshdeep Singh receives his maiden India cap from captain Rohit Sharma. (Photo: BCCI)

Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is set to make his debut for the Indian team in the opening T20I of the 3-match series against England that will get underway on July 7, Thursday.

Regular skipper Rohit Sharma returns after recovering from covid-19. He missed out on the fifth Test in Edgbaston which England comfortably won by seven wickets to level the 5-match series 2-2.

Rohit was seen handing the cap to Arshdeep, who finally makes his international debut after being overlooked for the home series against South Africa. The debut comes on the back of excellent performances in the IPL 2022 season for Punjab Kings.

Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh[photo: Twitter]
Congratulations to @arshdeepsinghh who is all set to make his T20I debut for #TeamIndia He receives his cap from Captain @ImRo45 #ENGvIND” BCCI tweeted ahead of the game.

Meanwhile, Sanju Samson will sit out from the team that won the 2-match series against Ireland recently. Deepak Hooda will continue to be the No. 3 batter having scored a century against Ireland.

Deepak Hooda (Image Credits: Twitter)
Deepak Hooda (Image Credits: Twitter)

England (Playing XI):

Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w/c), Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley, Matthew Parkinson

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India (Playing XI):

Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

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