London: Team India suffered a big blow before the third ODI match against England. Washington Sundar was dropped from the Indian team. The Indian Cricket Board also announced his change.
BCCI has announced that Washington Sundar will not play in the third ODI due to injury. Harsh Dubey has been included in Team India in his place. Sundar suffered an injury during the second ODI, after which he was ruled out of the series. However, no clear picture has been given on how serious Sundar’s injuries are.
Harsh Dubey bowls left-arm spin and made his international debut this year in an ODI against Afghanistan. He has taken 4 wickets in 2 ODIs so far.
India’s Changing Team: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat KohliShreyas Iyer (co-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashpreet Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav and Harsh Dubey
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Harsh Dubey added to #TeamIndia‘s ODI squad as a replacement for the injured Washington Sundar.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 18, 2026
India is ready to make history
When the Indian team takes to the ground at Lord’s on July 19, they will be looking to end their 22-year losing streak. India’s last ODI win at Lord’s was in 2004. A good innings is expected from Rohit Sharma, who has scored just one half-century in his last 8 ODI innings.
On the other hand, Virat Kohli He is just one half-century away from reaching the world record for most fifty or more scores against England in ODIs. Virat has so far scored fifty or more against England 14 times in ODIs. Kumar Sangakkara scored 15 half-centuries.