Star England batsman to miss first ODI due to injury

Dawid Malan has been called up for his cover in today’s game

Right ahead of the first face-off against India at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, the England cricket team have received a huge blow. In-form batsman Alex Hales has suffered an injury during the practice session and will miss today's game.

The England Cricket Board confirmed the development on their official Twitter handle a few hours before the toss of the 1^st ODI. In addition, middle-order batsman Dawid Malan has been called up as his cover for the 1st ODI.

.@AlexHales1 has injured his side, with @dmalan29 called up as cover for today's match.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/3Va3C4HN9N

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 12, 2018

Here's how Hales got injured

Big blow to England pic.twitter.com/QTBbefQVzy

— Baahubali (@bahubalikabadla) July 12, 2018

England and India, currently ranked first and second respectively, play the first match of their upcoming series in Nottingham on Thursday, in what will kick off a month-long extravaganza of One-Day Internationals featuring 10 sides, spread across four continents.

Here are the squads:

ENGLAND: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, Jake Ball, Dawid Malan

INDIA: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Shreyas Iyer, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Siddarth Kaul, Shardul Thakur