Jake Ball has been named as a reserve for the five-match IT20 series in India starting on Friday 12 March.

The selectors have named a 16-player squad for the matches in Ahmedabad with 2020 Vitality Blast leading wicket-taker Ball and Matt Parkinson travelling as reserves.

Ball will add a third country to his winter travels, having toured South Africa with England pre-Christmas and represented the Sydney Sixers in Australia for the Big Bash.

Captain Eoin Morgan will have a strong squad to choose from, with Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sam Billings and Liam Livingstone also having taken part in the T20 tournament Down Under.

The touring party depart on Friday 26 February and will play five IT20s in Ahmedabad.

England Men’s IT20 Squad:

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), Mark Wood (Durham).

Reserves:

Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Matt Parkinson (Lancashire).

The squad for the three One-Day Internationals that follow the IT20 series will be announced in due course.

Friday 26 February: Touring party departs from London to Ahmedabad

Friday 12 March: 1st IT20 India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Sunday 14 March: 2nd IT20 India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Tuesday 16 March: 3rd IT20 India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Thursday 18 March: 4th IT20 India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Saturday 20 March: 5th IT20 India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad