Ben Stokes WILL play white-ball cricket for England this summer under new captain Jos Buttler as T20 and ODI squads are named for India series
- Ben Stokes has been named in the England ODI squad for the series against India
- The Test captain was expected to be rested ahead of the South Africa Test series
- New captain Jos Buttler will take for the first time since Eoin Morgan’s retirement
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Ben Stokes will play under new England white-ball captain Jos Buttler in the one-day series against India rather than rest ahead of late summer Test commitments.
In May, former captain Eoin Morgan told Sportsmail that Stokes wouldn’t be seen in limited-overs action all summer but the Test captain joins Yorkshire duo Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow in a 15-man squad for a three-match series which offers England the chance of reclaiming their world number one ranking from New Zealand with victory.
Stokes, 31, has gone against the rest and rotation policy previously employed by England at the start of his Test tenure and appears to have persuaded the hierarchy during face to face meetings last week that he doesn’t need to put his feet up ahead of next month’s three-match series against South Africa.
Ben Stokes has been named in England’s ODI squad for the upcoming series against India
England have named uncapped players in both Twenty20 and one-day squads – Richard Gleeson, the Lancashire fast bowler, in the former and Yorkshire’s Harry Brook in the latter – for matches between July 7-17.
Phil Salt, who made such a strong impression in the 3-0 whitewash of the Netherlands recently, is included in both squads while there are four left-armers – Sam Curran, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley and David Willey – in a 14-strong T20 party.
Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid, the world’s number two-ranked T20 bowler, has been given permission by the ECB to miss both series to make The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Jos Buttler (left) will take over as captain of both white-ball sides after Eoin Morgan’s (right) retirement
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