Archer, Tongue rested for England's first T20 vs India

England and India begin an eight-game white-ball series with the first T20I in Durham on Wednesday; Lancashire seamers Luke Wood and Saqib Mahmood start with Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue rested; watch India's white-ball tour of England, from July 1-19, live on Sky Sports

>England bowlers Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue have been rested for England's T20 international against India in Durham, with Luke Wood and Saqib Mahmood drafted in for the series-opener.

>Fast bowlers Archer and Tongue will sit out Wednesday's match at Chester-le-Street following their participation in the New Zealand Test series but will re-join the squad for Saturday's match at Old Trafford.

>Lancashire quicks Wood and Mahmood are the only players in the team who did not start England's last game, a seven-run defeat to India in the semi-finals of the 2026 T20 World Cup on March 5.

>Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook (captain), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Saqib Mahmood.

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>Just a day on from Ben Stokes' farewell to international cricket, England hot-foot it from Trent Bridge to Durham for the first of eight white-ball matches in 19 days against India.

>England white-ball captain Harry Brook will lead an experienced side, which boast over 650 caps between them.

>Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Harshit Rana.

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