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With the T20I leg of the England white-ball series concluding with India winning it by 4-1 margin, the action will now shift towards the ODI series, set to get underway in Nagpur from Thursday, February 6. However, the 50-over series proves crucial for the Rohit Sharma-led Men in Blue seeing the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 ahead, the hosts are likely to add Varun Chakravarthy in the side.

However, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hasn’t spoken of any such update, the Indian leg-spinner has reportedly joined the Indian squad in Nagpur for the three-match ODI series. As reported by several media outlets, Chakravarthy has joined the squad for a short camp before the series get underway on Thursday. It is to be noted that the mystery spinner is coming after a brilliant T20I series against England, where he bagged the Player of Series award for his 14 wickets, which is most for an Indian in a T20I series.

Varun Chakravarthy joins India ODI squad in Nagpur

Although there is no official communication on him joining the camp in Nagpur, it remains to be seen whether it’s just for the net practice or he will feature in the ODI series. If he is included in the squad, it will take India’s total number of spinners to five with Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Axar patel and Ravindra Jadeja already there.

Furthermore, Chakravarthy was put through fielding drills in Nagpur on Tuesday, February 4 with the team where he rolled his arms over to Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill. This addition also hints that the national selectors are looking at him for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. Prior to this, former India international Ravichandran Ashwin had also spoken of his inclusion in the squad for the marquee tournament, set to be played in Pakistan and UAE from February 19.

India's ODI squad for England series

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (Subject to fitness), Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana.