There have been widespread requires Brook’s inclusion ever since he was surprisingly disregarded of a provisional 15-man named squad final month and his late addition instead of opener Roy is the one change to that group.
Roy performed a key half in England’s 2019 World Cup success on dwelling soil however has endured extended durations of poor kind over the previous two years and, crucially, missed all 4 matches of this month’s sequence towards New Zealand with again spasms.
Within the 33-year-old’s absence, Dawid Malan excelled on the prime of the order, scoring 277 runs in three innings together with a century in Friday’s Fourth ODI at Lord’s.
He now appears nailed on to open the batting alongside Jonny Bairstow in India, that means Roy’s function would have been because the squad’s spare batter and given issues over the Surrey man’s health, in addition to his lack of versatility to bat decrease down the order, England have deemed Brook a greater match for that spot.
“The strength of the group has meant we have had to make some tough decisions on world-class players,” stated nationwide selector Luke Wright.
Nonetheless, the information will come as a bitter blow to Roy, who scored ODI lots of in his two most up-to-date sequence – away to South Africa and Bangladesh at the beginning of the yr – and was additionally dropped on the eve of final yr’s T20 World Cup triumph.
Brook already has a World Cup winners’ medal to his identify from that match and has endured a exceptional begin to life as a Take a look at cricketer, averaging 62 at a strike charge above 90 to date in his brief profession.
Commitments in different codecs have a number of restricted the 24-year-old’s alternatives in ODI cricket to date and his file is unremarkable, with an innings of 80 on the tour of South Africa his solely rating above 25 in six knocks.
Nonetheless, two of these got here as a makeshift opener within the current New Zealand sequence and Brook’s kind this summer season has in any other case been wonderful, the Yorkshire batter having fun with an more and more spectacular debut Ashes after which putting the Hundred’s quickest century simply days after being disregarded of the provisional World Cup squad.
Brook had been named in a second-string squad to face Eire in a three-match sequence beginning on Wednesday however will now sit out these video games to relaxation forward of England’s departure for the subcontinent.
England are but to call their three travelling reserves for the match, who may come into the squad in case of harm, however are anticipated to take action on Monday.
Brydon Carse, who like Brook performed within the current New Zealand sequence regardless of not being within the World Cup squad, might be included as a kind of, as may Jofra Archer, who returned to gentle coaching with the group this week as he builds his method again from a stress fracture of the elbow.
England’s World Cup squad:
Jos Buttler (Lancashire – captain)
Moeen Ali (Warwickshire)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Liam Livingstone (Lancashire)
Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Reece Topley (Surrey)
David Willey (Northamptonshire)
Mark Wooden (Durham)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
