The Indian cricket team and fans were dealt a brutal reality check when Kevin Pietersen decided to speak the truth.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will return to the India fold after a month-long break. India will be missing the services of Jasprit Bumrah in the ODI series.

This three-match series against England marks India's last ODI assignment before the Champions Trophy, which begins on February 19. The team has not played ODI cricket since August last year, when they lost a three-match series 2-0 in Sri Lanka, with one game ending in a tie.

The last time Kohli missed an international game for India due to an injury was in January 2021, when a back spasm ruled him out of the second Test against South Africa

F resh off India’s thumping 4-1 series victory over England in the T20I series, attention now turns to the longer white-ball format as the two teams duke it out over three games

This will be the last series for the team ahead of the Champions Trophy, for which the team will be travelling to Dubai, and there will be some returning stars in this series as well. The stars to look out for are and

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma did not curb their instinct to attack in the open nets ahead of the series opener against Jos Buttler's England.

Team India skipper Rohit Sharma and batting stalwart Virat Kohli displayed a variety of shots during the team’s net session ahead of the first ODI of the three-match series against England at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) in Nagpur on Thursday,