IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: A three-match ODI series is being played between India and England, the third and last match of which will be played on Wednesday, 12 February at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Before this match, there has been a big change in the English team. Actually, England has included explosive batsman Tom Banton in the team as a cover for young all-rounder Jacob Bethell.

England Cricket itself has informed the fans about this change in their team by sharing a tweet from their official x account. They have told that English all-rounder Jacob Bethell was injured during the first ODI match against India in Nagpur. He has suffered a hamstring injury, due to which they have included Tom Banton in the team as a cover for Bethell. It is worth noting that he is going to join the team soon.

Made a splash in ILT20 2025

Let us tell you that 26-year-old Tom Banton was recently making a splash in the International League T20. He was a part of MI Emirates in this tournament where he played 11 matches and scored the most 493 runs at an average of 54.77 and a strike rate of 151.69. Not only this, he also scored 2 centuries and 3 half-centuries in this tournament. This is the reason why he has been included in the English team.

Played the last ODI match in the year 2020

This explosive right-handed batsman is one of the future stars of the English team. Let us tell you that he has played 6 ODIs and 14 T20 Internationals for his country so far. A total of 134 runs have come from Banton's bat in ODIs and 327 runs in T20 Internationals. He played his last ODI match for England in the year 2020 which was against Ireland. Here he scored 58 runs in 51 balls. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether he is included in the playing eleven in the third ODI against India or not.