Sanjay Bangar has named his Indian squad for their upcoming T20I series against England as well. Yashasvi Jaiswal also failed to make his first XI but he was added as a reserve top-order batter. Team India will play against England in a five-match T20I series, with the first game to be taking place at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 22.

During a discussion on the Star Sports show ‘Follow the Blues’, Bangar said, “For me, the top four are similar, wherein Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav along with Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. No. 5 and No. 6 – Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube,” he said.”For me, the reserve top-order batter has to be Yashasvi Jaiswal. I would want him to be playing all three formats, at least to be in contention for all three formats. The backup wicketkeeper, that’s a toss-up, it’s a very hard one between a Rishabh Pant or a KL Rahul.”

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“If the need is batting in the top four, then yes, Rishabh Pant, or else KL Rahul. It’s a toss-up but if you have to have a longer-term view, then Rishabh could be the guy. If Sanju Samson is unfit, then you can do away (manage) with playing Yashasvi at the top, drop one of the left-handers, and bring Rishabh Pant to bat at the No. 5 position. So Rishabh Pant,” he stated.

In the same discussion, Sanjay Bangar picked Prasidh Krishna as the specialist seamer alongside Arshdeep Singh in his playing XI as well.

“No. 7 and No. 8 are Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel. No. 9 is Kuldeep Yadav. No. 10 and No. 11 are Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna. For me, Prasidh Krishna is a bowler who can bowl really penetratively with the new ball and also in the middle overs. The backup spinner will be Varun Chakaravarthy. The backup pacer will be Khaleel Ahmed,” he concluded.