London, Feb. 9 -- England have called up Somerset batter Tom Banton as a cover for all-rounder Jacob Bethell for the third ODI against India, which will take place on Wednesday.

The match, taking place at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, will be missed by Bethell, who sustained a left hamstring injury. He had featured in the first ODI at Nagpur.

The injury will be assessed further when the team arrive in Ahmedabad on Monday.

Banton, who last played for England in an ODI in August 2020, has been in outstanding form in T20 franchise cricket. He is currently the leading run-scorer in the UAE International League T20 (ILT20) competition, where he has amassed 493 runs from 11 innings at an average of 54.77, including two centuries and thr...