Dawid Malan Added To England Squad As Cover For Tom Curran For First T20I Against India

With plenty of bowling options in their group, England opted against a like-for-like replacement, instead calling up Dawid Malan, who has an impressive record in the format with four half-centuries from five innings.

England have added left-handed batsman Dawid Malan as cover for the first T20I of the three-match series starting July 3  at Old Trafford. Malan has been added to the original 14-man squad after right-arm pacer Tom Curran suffered a minor side strain.

With plenty of bowling options in their group, England opted against a like-for-like replacement, instead calling up the 30-year-old, who has an impressive record in the format with four half-centuries from five innings.

Curran is expected to be fit for the second and third matches of the series at Cardiff and Bristol respectively, reports ICC.

England have called up Dawid Malan as injury cover for the first match of the T20I series against India.

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The 30-year-old batsman played a blistering knock of 78 from 44 balls in his T20I debut against South Africa in June 2017. Thereafter, he smashed back-to-back half-centuries versus New Zealand in February. He averages 50 in the shortest format of the game with a strike rate of 150.

After the T20 series, the teams will meet in three one-day internationals before a five-match Test series.

England v India

3 July – 1st T20I, Manchester

6 July – 2nd T20I, Cardiff

8 July – 3rd T20I, Bristol