England rest KP; include Stokes

England have omitted Kevin Pietersen from their squad for the ODI series against India, while the uncapped Jos Buttler and Alex Hales were included in the Twenty20 side.

Pietersen has played an important role for England in all three formats in recent years and the England and Wales Cricket Board are eager not to burn him out.

National selector Geoff Miller said by resting Pietersen, one of the other batsmen will get an opportunity to stake a claim for the number four spot.

                                                          

                                                   Stokes - will eye his second ODI cap.

"The decision to omit Pietersen from the one-day squad is in line with our policy of sensibly managing player workloads and will give the opportunity to another batsman to test himself batting at number four," Miller said.

Ben Stokes, who made his one-day debut in Thursday's game against Ireland, is also included in the squad, while high-profile players like captain Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and James Anderson all return after sitting out the game in Dublin.

In the Twenty20 squad, Somerset's Jos Buttler and Alex Hales from Nottinghamshire receive their first call-ups to the national team.

"Across both squads we believe we've selected an exciting blend of experienced international performers along with some exciting young players with a great deal of talent," added Miller.

"We will need to play a high quality brand of limited-overs cricket against the world champions India.

"We're very excited to have included some bright young players in the form of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Alex Hales, all of whom have proved themselves domestically and will now be looking to successfully take the step up to international level."

England ODI squad: Alastair Cook (Essex, captain), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).

England Twenty20 squad: Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire, captain), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Somerset), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire).