For skipper Virat Kohli, the primary aim will be to get an idea of his core group of players going into the ICC T20 World Cup in October.
Hardik Pandya slogs it hard at the nets ahead of the first T20 match against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
The frontline Indian pacer hasn't played for India post-pandemic due to a hamstring injury that occured during IPL 2020.
Bhuvneshwar is known to bowl miserly in the death overs especially in the IPL for SunRisers Hyderabad.
Hosts India and England will be engaged in a T20 series, starting here on Friday, and that will be followed by a three-game ODI rubber.
English players are often criticised by the country's former cricketers for playing in the lucrative league.
The selectors have picked IPL performers like Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tewatia for the England series while the in-form Rishabh Pant has made a comeback.
Washington has an impressive economy rate of less than 7 per over (6.95) in 26 games for the country.
The T20I series against England will be the first of India's preparatory series this year leading up to the World T20 that will be held in India in October-November.
Jadeja has been out of action since the third Test against Australia.
Jofra Archer's appearances in Test cricket for England have been restricted by frequent injuries and the team's rotation policy which led to him missing their two-Test series in Sri Lanka.
In a bid to maximise their dealings with the boundary rope, India will have to reconsider their batting lineup in T20Is and through this piece, we bring to you a few possibilities that the management can look at en route to their WT20 preparation.
Kohli is 72 runs away from becoming the first batsman to score 3,000 runs in T20 International cricket.
Following India's 3-1 series triumph in Tests, the Indian skipper says the mission stays the same for the five-match T20 series, beginning in Ahmedabad from Friday.
The five-match T20I series between India and England will start from March 12, with all matches scheduled at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After arriving in Australia at the start of the year with 'lot of baggage' to shed, Pant has done a tremendous job to boost his international career.
Sharma will be playing his first T20 International after over a year and did not tour Australia for the T20s due to injury. India won that series 2-1.
Hardik Pandya, who underwent his back surgery in October 2019, made a comeback with the IPL last year but did not bowl.
Liam Livingstone, who played his two T20 Internationals back in June 2017, earned himself a recall to the T20 squad in a World cup year on the back of a successful Big Bash campaign.
The first T20 International takes place on March 12 (Friday) while the remaining ones also take place at the same venue on March 14, 16, 18 and 20.
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