Sam Curran wants opportunity to replace Ben Stokes in England Test team


England XI to face India in second T20: Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (capt), Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue.

Curran is part of the England XI to take on India in the second T20 at Old Trafford on Saturday.

England have made two changes from the XI who played in the abandoned series opener on Wednesday, with Jofra Archer and debutant Josh Tongue coming in to replace fellow pace bowlers Saqib Mahmood and Luke Wood.

The hosts will once again be led by Harry Brook, the Test vice-captain. Before the first T20 at Chester-le-Street, Brook said it would be an “honour” to be asked to succeed Stokes as Test captain.

So far on their tour of Ireland and England, India have resisted handing a debut to 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

And Morne Morkel, the world champions’ bowling coach, appeared to suggest the opener will once again be on the sidelines in Manchester.

“We’ve had the number one batter in T20 cricket, Abhishek Sharma, and Sanju Sansom was the player of the World Cup,” said Morkel.

“As a coaching staff, it’s only fair to show faith and back your players. Yes, there’s a young man knocking on the door and it’s exciting, but it’s a good sign that we show that we back the guys.”

Meanwhile, Coles has followed his call-up to the England T20 squad by joining the group for the three ODIs against India later this month.

Zak Crawley was part of the England squad for their last ODI series, in Sri Lanka in January, but after the opener from the Test team he has also now lost his place in the 50-over squad.

Jacob Bethell is expected to be promoted to partner Ben Duckett at the top of the order.

England squad for one-day international series v India: Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, James Coles, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Josh Tongue



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