Senior wicketkeeper-batsmen Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow were on Thursday named in a 16-member England squad for the five T20Is against India, scheduled in Ahmedabad between March 12 to 20.
Buttler has gone back home after the opening Test, which the visitors won by 227 runs, while Bairstow has been rested for the first two five-day games of the four-match series as part of England’s rotational policy.
Also coming back is all-rounder, Sam Curran, who was rested for the Test series. Veteran pacers James Anderson and Stuart Broad no longer play white-ball games but Jofra Archer will be available for the five-match series, which means he might be rested at some point during the ongoing Test rubber.
The squad also has latest T20 dasher Dawid Malan, who could be a hot pick at the February 18 IPL auction.
Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.