Suryakumar, Prasidh, Krunal picked for England ODIs

TIL Desk Sports/ Karnataka pacer Prasidh Krishna, all-rounder Krunal Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav earned their maiden ODI call-ups on Friday as selectors picked the trio in India’s 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match series against England.

Krishna and Krunal have been rewarded for their good performances in the recently-held Vijay Hazare Trophy, while Suryakumar’s selection was not a surprise given his stupendous T20 debut in the fourth T20 against England.

Krishna, who has been on the radar for a while and has also earned Virat Kohli’s praise, took 14 wickets in the domestic 50-over competition. The right-arm pace bowler picked up 14 wickets in seven games at an economy rate of 5.44.

Krunal, who has played 18 T20s, earned his maiden ODI call-up by scoring two hundreds and as many fifties in five games for Baroda to tally an impressive 388 runs at an average of 129 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. All three ODIs will be played in Pune, starting March 23.