India, Feb. 4 -- Varun Chakravarthy, who had spun a web around the English batters in the T20I series with 14 wickets in five matches including a five-wicket haul, has been added to the ODI squad for the upcoming 3-match ODI series against England, according to information shared with HT.

His inclusion will take India's total number of spinners to five - with Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja already in the squad. The national selectors have time until the conclusion of the upcoming series to firm up the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.

With Chakravarthy among the wickets and plenty of England batters struggling to pick him from the hand, the selectors will keep a keen eye on his performances. Although,...