Cricket - Ben Stokes Press Conference - Emirates Riverside, Durham, Britain - May 3, 2022 New England captain, Ben Stokes poses for a photograph before the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - England test captain Ben Stokes will skip the Twenty20 series against India but will return for the one-day internationals, England's cricket board (ECB) said on Friday.

Jos Buttler takes over as white-ball captain after Eoin Morgan announced his retirement this week.

England host India in three T20s from July 7 followed by three ODIs.

The teams are currently playing the fifth test of the series - which India lead 2-1 -- that was postponed last year due to COVID-19 cases in the tourists' camp.

England spinner Adil Rashid will not be involved in the one-day series after he was given permission by the ECB to miss them to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond

Source: Reuters

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