India have suffered another injury blow on their England tour. Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against England after sustaining a Grade 1 hamstring injury during the third T20I at Trent Bridge. Prince Yadav Earns ODI Call-Up as Harshit’s replacement in India’s updated ODI squad announced by the BCCI on July 12, 2026.
What Happened to Harshit Rana
Rana reported a sudden onset of discomfort in his right hamstring during the third T20I against England at Trent Bridge on July 7. Subsequent scans confirmed a Grade 1 hamstring strain. That diagnosis was enough to rule him out of the remainder of the T20I series and the entire three-match ODI campaign that follows.
The timing is deeply frustrating for the young pacer. Rana had only recently returned to international cricket after recovering from a prolonged knee injury that forced him to miss both the T20 World Cup 2026 and the entire IPL season. He came back looking sharp and took three wickets in the first T20I at Chester-le-Street. Now a different injury has ended his tour prematurely.
Prince Yadav Steps Up
Prince Yadav has been rewarded for his performances during the T20I leg of this tour. The young right-arm pacer was already travelling with the squad and impressed in the matches he played. He delivers genuine pace and has shown the ability to hold his nerve under pressure at international level.
He made his ODI debut earlier this year in the Afghanistan series at home. He had been left out of the original ODI squad for England when senior players like Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma returned. Rana’s injury has reopened the door and Prince Yadav has walked straight through it.
India’s Updated ODI Squad for England
The BCCI confirmed India’s updated 15-member ODI squad on July 12. The squad features the return of several senior players who were rested for the T20I series.
India ODI Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav.
The return of Virat Kohli is the headline addition. Kohli missed the Afghanistan ODI series with a hamstring injury but has now been cleared to play. Jasprit Bumrah also returns to ODI cricket for the first time since the 2023 World Cup final. Both additions make India a significantly stronger side than the one that struggled so badly in the T20I series.
A Tour Full of Injury Problems for India
This tour has been defined as much by absences as by results. Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out before the series even began with a quadriceps injury. Varun Chakravarthy also picked up a hamstring injury alongside Rana during the Trent Bridge T20I. Hardik Pandya and Nitish Kumar Reddy both missed the entire tour due to earlier setbacks.
Ravi Bishnoi has replaced Chakravarthy in the T20I squad for the Zimbabwe series that runs parallel to this England ODI campaign. The injury list continues to expose the depth concerns that India’s management has been dealing with throughout this summer.
What Prince Yadav’s Call-Up Means for His Career
This is a significant opportunity for Prince Yadav. He only made his ODI debut against Afghanistan a few weeks ago and has now earned his second ODI squad call-up in the space of one tour. Playing against England in English conditions at Edgbaston, Cardiff, and Lord’s is a completely different challenge from anything he has faced so far.
His pace is his biggest weapon. England’s batters have looked comfortable against spin in this series, but genuine pace has consistently troubled them in the right conditions. Prince Yadav bowling with the new ball at Edgbaston on July 14 is a realistic prospect, and one he will be eager to embrace fully. His journey mirrors the kind of emergence detailed in our profile of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s stats, records and rise, where youth and opportunity combine to produce a defining moment in a young cricketer’s career at exactly the right time.
India ODI Series Schedule
The first ODI against England takes place at Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 14. The second is in Cardiff on July 16. The series concludes at Lord’s on July 19. India arrive at this series having lost the T20I series 4-0, making these three matches a crucial opportunity to reset before the series ends and attention turns to the 2027 World Cup cycle.
India’s ODI record against England is considerably stronger than their T20I record on this tour. Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, both absent from the T20I squad, give the bowling attack a completely different look.
The experience of India’s ODI campaign earlier this year, covered in detail in our preview of India vs Afghanistan 1st ODI at Dharamsala, shows how well this team performs in the 50-over format when fully fit and focused. That ODI India needs to show up at Edgbaston on July 14.
Conclusion
Harshit Rana’s hamstring injury is the latest setback in a tour that has tested India’s squad depth at every turn. Prince Yadav’s call-up is well-deserved based on what he showed during the T20I series and at international level more broadly. With Kohli and Bumrah back, India’s ODI squad looks far more formidable than the one that endured a difficult few weeks in the shorter format. The challenge now is converting squad quality into results starting at Edgbaston on Monday.
