India begin a three-match ODI series against England at Edgbaston with the stated build-up to the ODI World Cup next year in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The immediate relevance lies in squad reset, player workload management, and the need to separate recent T20I results from ODI preparation.
India have lost six straight T20Is to Ireland and England, but the ODI squad is substantially different. Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and K.L. Rahul return, while Jasprit Bumrah is expected to play his first ODI since the 2023 World Cup final.
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