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Shubman Gill held a press conference before Nagpur ODI.
Indian vice -captain Shubman Gill has said, a series cannot decide the entire team form. After team practice in Nagpur on Tuesday, he said, there are many players in the team, who have performed well in many tournaments and series.
The Indian team lost 3–1 in the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia. In the series, star batsmen Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill themselves were completely flopped.
Gill said, if Bumrah had not been injured, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy would have been drawn.
First match in Nagpur The Indian ODI team will play the first match of the 3 -match ODI series against England starting on 6 February in Nagpur. With this series, India will also strengthen its preparation for the Champions Trophy starting on February 19.
We did not play according to our expectations in Australia: Gill After the practice, opener Gill told the reporters, a series does not decide the entire team's form. There are many players who have performed well in many tournaments. We could not play according to our expectations in Australia.
Gill further said, we did not have luck, Jasprit Bumrah was injured on the last day of the Sydney Test. If they were, we could have won the match and the series would have been drawn. New Zealand had a clean sweep 3–0 at home by New Zealand before defeat in Australia.
India's squad for ODI series against England Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah (third match), Harshit Rana (beginning 2 matches), Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakraborty.
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