Dawid Malan has been called up as cover for the first match of England's T20I series against India.

England have drafted in the left-handed batsman for the first of the three-match T20I series against India at Old Trafford on Tuesday.



Malan has been added to the original 14-man squad after Tom Curran, the right-arm seamer, suffered a minor side strain. With plenty of bowling options in their group, England opted against a like-for-like replacement, instead calling up the 30-year-old, who has an impressive record in the format with four half-centuries from five innings.



Curran is expected to be fit for the second and third matches of the series at Cardiff and Bristol respectively.

Tom Curran will have to wait to make his seventh T20I appearance after suffering a minor injury



"I got a message from [national selector] Ed Smith saying I had been called up for one game," said Malan while commentating on the English domestic One-Day Cup final for Sky Sports.

"I'm just delighted to be part of the squad. [T20] gave me a great opportunity to show what I could do as a player and express myself. It's nice to be in and around it again and back around the England boys and hopefully I get an opportunity."



Malan struck a blistering 78 from 44 balls on his T20I debut against South Africa in June 2017 and hit back-to-back half-centuries versus New Zealand in February. He averages 50 in the format with a strike rate of 150.