Chopra handed Under-19 captaincy

Moeen Ali led England at the World Cup, but will be needed by Warwickshire later in the summer © Cricinfo Ltd

Varun Chopra, the Essex opener, has been handed back the England Under-19 captaincy for the Test and one-day series against India. Moeen Ali, the Warwickshire allrounder, was in charge for the Under-19 World Cup, in Sri Lanka, during February but will be unavailable for large chunks of the series due to his commitments with Warwickshire.

Chopra, who was captain when England lost every match on their tour of Bangladesh before Christmas, has made a fine start to his first-class career for Essex with a century and a fifty on his Championship debut. He was solid, rather than spectacular, during the World Cup but has shown impressive fluency this season.

The core of the squad contains the players who were part of the World Cup squad and a number of them, including Nick James, Graeme White, Mark Nelson and Rory-Hamilton Brown, have been gaining first-team chances for their counties.

There are three changes between the one-day and Test squad with Billy Godleman, the talented Middlesex batsman, Michael O'Shea and Adil Rashid coming in for the three-Test series which starts at Canterbury on July 26. The three-match ODI series starts at Derby on June 18.

One-day squad Varun Chopra (capt) (Essex), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Paul Dixey (wk) (Kent), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Rory Hamilton-Brown (Surrey), Nicholas James (Warwickshire), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Andrew Miller (Warwickshire), Steven Mullaney (Lancashire), Mark Nelson (Northamptonshire), Mark Stoneman (Durham), Chris Thompson (Surrey), Huw Waters (Glamorgan), Graeme White (Northamptonshire), Ben Wright (Glamorgan)

Test squad Varun Chopra (capt), Moeen Ali, Paul Dixey (wk), Billy Godleman (Middlesex), Rory Hamilton-Brown, Nicholas James, Adam Lyth, Andrew Miller, Steven Mullaney, Mark Nelson, Michael O'Shea (Glamorgan), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Huw Waters, Graeme White, Ben Wright