Xtra Time Web Desk: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Prasidh Krishna and Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav are the new faces along with Krunal Pandya who have been picked for the ODI squad against England. The national selectors on Friday picked a18 member squad for the upcoming three match ODI series against England.
Both Suryakumar Yadav and Krunal Pandya have been selected after their good performances in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy, India’s premier domestic 50-over tournament. Prasidh Krishna too had a good tournament as he picked up 14 wickets for Karnataka.
Suryakumar has been included on the back of his magnificent half-century in the fourth T20I that India won by 8 runs. This was the first time Suryakumar batted for India.
Krunal has played 18 T20I so far and has 121 runs and 14 wickets to his name.
India’s left-arm yorker sensation Thangarasu Natarajan, who recently passed a fitness test has also been included in the ODI squad. In fact Natarajan joined the team during the fourth T20I at Ahmedabad and was seen seating in the dugout.
Natarajan, who was initially included as a net bowler for the Australia tour, was superb during India’s T20 series win in Australia and was also given a Test cap in Brisbane where he got three wickets in the first innings. Natarajan has played 1 Test (3 wickets), 1 ODI (2 wickets), and 3 T20Is (6 wickets) in his career so far.