Kohli and Bumrah return as India regroup for the ODIs after a T20I mauling
England swept the five-match T20I series 4-0, but India get a clean slate on July 14 when the one-day leg begins at Edgbaston with Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah back in the side.
Jul 12, 2026
India’s white-ball tour of England has unravelled quickly, and the one-day series that starts at Edgbaston on July 14 now carries the job of rescuing something from it. England wrapped up the five-match T20I series 4-0, and the manner of the final defeat in Southampton on July 11 summed up the series. Jos Buttler hit 131 off 64 balls and Harry Brook an unbeaten 95 off 45 as England piled up 257 for 3. India, chasing a total that always looked out of reach, folded to 201 for 8 despite fifties from Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma.
That left India with the sort of run they are not used to. A side that has spent much of the last decade at or near the top of the T20I rankings surrendered top spot to England and finished the leg without a win to show for it. The bowling leaked runs at the death, the top order kept giving England openings, and three dropped catches in the last match alone told their own story.
A different format, a different-looking side
The good news for India is that the ODIs are a separate contest with a separate group of players, and two of the biggest names walk straight back in. Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, both absent from the T20I squad, return for the 50-over matches. Kohli remains one of the finest one-day batters of his generation, and Bumrah changes the shape of any attack the moment he has the new ball. Rohit Sharma is in the squad too, and the top order suddenly looks more settled than the T20I batting ever managed.
Shubman Gill leads the ODI group, with Shreyas Iyer as his deputy and a spin department built around Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. India did have to reshuffle late: injuries to a couple of squad members opened the door for replacements in the days before the opener. This tour has tested their depth as much as their form.
Where the series is won
Edgbaston has often been a happy ground for India, and a strong start in Birmingham would go a long way towards settling nerves after the T20I results. The batting has the personnel to post big scores; the question is whether the bowling can defend them against an England side brimming with confidence and stacked with power hitters through the order.
England will fancy their chances of making it a clean sweep of the entire white-ball tour, but ODIs reward patience and control in a way that the shortest format does not, and that suits India’s blend of senior batting and wicket-taking spin. Get the first game right and the whole tour looks less bleak; lose it and the questions that followed the T20Is will only grow louder.
The schedule
The first ODI is at Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 14, followed by a day-night game at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on July 16 and the series finale at Lord’s on July 19. For India, three matches now stand between a bruising trip and a measure of redemption.