Varun Chakravarthy missed India's third ODI against England due to a sore right calf. The Indian team rested key players and made several lineup changes. Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, and Arshdeep Singh were given opportunities.

After the toss, Rohit Sharma declared that he had made three changes in the India playing XI. He mentioned that he had to unfortunately drop Varun Chakravarthy has he pulled up on the morning of the match with a tight calf.