The experienced Rahul Dravid was recalled after almost two years while off-colour Harbhajan Singh was dropped from India's Twenty20 and one-day squad for the upcoming series against England, beginning August 31.
India will play the lone Twenty20 match in Manchester on August 31 followed by five one-dayers at Chester-Le-Street (September 3), Southampton (September 6), London (September 9 and September 11) and Cardiff (September 16).
A look at the career record of the squad:
Batting & Fielding:
| Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St | |
| MS Dhoni (C-Wk) | 186 | 166 | 42 | 6049 | 183* | 48.78 | 87.53 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 181 | 60 |
| V Sehwag (VC) | 236 | 230 | 9 | 7760 | 175 | 35.11 | 104.07 | 14 | 37 | 12 | 87 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | 11 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 38 | 23.66 | 94.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R Dravid | 339 | 313 | 40 | 10765 | 153 | 39.43 | 71.17 | 12 | 82 | 13 | 196 | 14 |
| G Gambhir | 114 | 110 | 10 | 4073 | 150* | 40.73 | 86.38 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 32 | 0 |
| Z Khan | 191 | 99 | 35 | 781 | 34* | 12.20 | 73.47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 42 | 0 |
| V Kohli | 59 | 56 | 7 | 2153 | 118 | 43.93 | 81.92 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
| P Kumar | 52 | 26 | 8 | 256 | 54* | 14.22 | 87.67 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| A Mishra | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 2.50 | 27.77 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| MM Patel | 65 | 27 | 16 | 74 | 15 | 6.72 | 66.07 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| PA Patel (Wk) | 23 | 19 | 2 | 437 | 56* | 25.70 | 74.19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 |
| SK Raina | 120 | 101 | 21 | 2795 | 116* | 34.93 | 89.52 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 51 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 47 | 16 | 6 | 47 | 13 | 4.70 | 34.05 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| RG Sharma | 66 | 62 | 14 | 1505 | 114 | 31.35 | 77.29 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| SR Tendulkar | 453 | 442 | 41 | 18111 | 200* | 45.16 | 86.32 | 48 | 95 | 20 | 136 | 0 |
| R Vinay Kumar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling:
| Mts | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | SR | RPO | 4WI | 5WI | |
| MS Dhoni (C-Wk) | 186 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1-14 | 14.00 | 12.00 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| V Sehwag (VC) | 236 | 4230 | 12 | 3716 | 92 | 4-6 | 40.39 | 45.98 | 5.27 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | 11 | 636 | 5 | 507 | 19 | 3-24 | 26.68 | 33.47 | 4.78 | 0 | 0 |
| R Dravid | 339 | 186 | 1 | 170 | 4 | 2-43 | 42.50 | 46.50 | 5.48 | 0 | 0 |
| G Gambhir | 114 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Z Khan | 191 | 9617 | 115 | 7874 | 273 | 5-42 | 28.84 | 35.23 | 4.91 | 7 | 1 |
| V Kohli | 59 | 112 | 1 | 108 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.78 | 0 | 0 |
| P Kumar | 52 | 2504 | 40 | 2088 | 62 | 4-31 | 33.67 | 40.39 | 5.00 | 3 | 0 |
| A Mishra | 15 | 763 | 11 | 575 | 19 | 4-31 | 30.26 | 40.16 | 4.52 | 1 | 0 |
| MM Patel | 65 | 2988 | 38 | 2425 | 84 | 4-29 | 28.86 | 35.57 | 4.86 | 3 | 0 |
| PA Patel (Wk) | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SK Raina | 120 | 590 | 0 | 530 | 10 | 2-23 | 53.00 | 59.00 | 5.38 | 0 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 47 | 2153 | 13 | 2056 | 64 | 4-38 | 32.12 | 33.64 | 5.72 | 3 | 0 |
| RG Sharma | 66 | 329 | 2 | 265 | 6 | 2-27 | 44.16 | 54.83 | 4.83 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Tendulkar | 453 | 8044 | 24 | 6838 | 154 | 5-32 | 44.40 | 52.23 | 5.10 | 4 | 2 |
| R Vinay Kumar | 3 | 156 | 3 | 168 | 3 | 2-51 | 56.00 | 52.00 | 6.46 | 0 | 0 |
COMPILED BY RAJNEESH GUPTA
