India, May 16 -- Swashbuckling opening batter Shafali Verma returned to the national team on Thursday with selectors ending her seven-month exile for the upcoming T20I series in England. The five-match series will be followed by three ODIs with in-form Delhi batter Pratika Rawal keeping Shafali out in the 50-over format.

India will take on England in five T20Is set to be played from June 28 to July 12. The three ODIs will be played on July 16, 19 and 22. The T20I series will begin in Nottingham and the tour ends on July 22 in Chester-le-Street.

In Shafali's absence from the limited-over formats, Uma Chetry and Rawal opened alongside Smriti Mandhana in T20Is and ODIs respectively. While Rawal retained her spot, Chetry has been replaced b...