India, Jan. 28 -- Mohammed Shami is back. After warming the bench in the first two T20Is against England, the speedster has been named in the playing XI for the third T20I at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Shami replaced Arshdeep Singh for the third game of the five-match series.

This marks Shami's return to international cricket after over a year. This is also his first T20I for India in more than two years. He last played a T20I for India in November 2022.

His last international match for India was the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia. Ahead of the third T20I against England, India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed Shami is fit and there are no injury concerns.

He also stated that head coach Gautam Gambhir and ca...