Skip to content
News bet365 Sports & Betting News Join
England Cricket Generic
  1. CRICKET
  2. CRICKET NEWS

England name XI for first India ODI; Jacob Bethell moves up to open

Jacob Bethell will open the batting for England in Tuesday's series-opening ODI against India at Edgbaston.

It's a change of format for the two sides after their five-match T20I series ended with a resounding 4-0 victory for England.

Bethell, 22, moves up to join Ben Duckett at the very top of the order with the hosts abandoning the Rehan Ahmed experiment they trialled in their most recent ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Ahmed was selected to replace Zak Crawley but misses out altogether in Birmingham.

Head coach Brendon McCullum only has the white-ball teams to consider now after being relieved of his Test match duties and will be keen to get more consistent performances out of the One-Day side.

Results have been mixed over the last 12 months or so, winning against the West Indies before suffering back-to-back series losses against South Africa and New Zealand to close out 2025. However, McCullum's side did get back on track with victory away in Sri Lanka at the beginning of the year.

Tuesday's game represents a landmark game for England legend Jos Buttler, who is set to make his 200th ODI appearance, more than 14 years on from making his debut against Pakistan in February, 2012.

The wicket-keeper batter will slot in at five, just above skipper Harry Brook at four and England's all-time leading run-scorer Joe Root.

A trio of Will Jacks, Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid will ensure that England are not short of slow bowling options whilst Sam Curran, Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue will be hoping to pick up from where they left off in the recent T20 series after finishing in a three-way tie for leading wicket-taker.

England XI v India - 1st ODI

Jacob Bethell, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson, Josh Tongue, Adil Rashid

Set as a Google Preferred Source

Related Articles

bet365 uses cookies

We use cookies to deliver a better and more personalised service. For more information, see our Cookie Policy

New to bet365? Bet £10 & Get £30 in Free Bets Join Now

Min deposit requirement. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&Cs apply.