The Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI) announced the India squad for New Zealand ODIs and T20s. The T20 squad does not include the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Hardik Pandya is again named as captain in this format. Sanju Samson has missed out due to the injury, and so does Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja. Jitesh Sharma has been included in the T20 squad for New Zealand as the second wicketkeeper batter. In ODIs, India has gone with KS Bharat as the backup wicketkeeper. Prithvi Shaw has finally gotten a national call-up after his record-breaking 379 runs in domestic cricket. He is selected in the Indian T20 squad for NZ.
Here is the full squad of India for NZ ODIs and T20s:
India Squad for NZ ODIs: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik
India Squad for NZ T20s: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar
KL Rahul has missed out on both the squads due to his wedding commitments, while Axar Patel is also not unavailable due to family reasons. Mukesh Kumar has earned a maiden call-up for T20s. Shardul Thakur has marked his return to the ODI squad against New Zealand.
