India Squad NewZealand Series – IND vs NZ LIVE: The new selection committee has announced the squads for NewZealand series. The big news is the return of Prithvi Shaw in T20s. However, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson and now Shreyas Iyer are still unfit to make it to thecsquad. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul continue to be out of the squads. KL Rahul who will have his wedding is also out of the ODI squad for NZ series. Follow India vs NewZealand LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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KL Rahul is out of NZ series due to his wedding
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Prithvi Shaw returns to Team India after a long gap
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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma continue to be absent from Indian T20 squad
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Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah are still unfit
India’s squad for NZ ODIs: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik
India T20 Squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), R 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
India Squad NewZealand Series: Prithvi Shaw returns in T20s, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson & Ravindra Jadeja still UNFIT: Follow IND vs NZ LIVE
The Men in Blue will play New Zealand in a three-match ODI series and three T20Is following the end of the current ODI series against Sri Lanka.
While the T20I matches will take place in Ranchi, Lucknow, and Ahmedabad on January 27, 29, and February 1, the 50-over matches between India and New Zealand will be played on January 18, 21, and 24 in Hyderabad, Raipur, and Indore, respectively.
Selection Decisions for NZ series
- While the selectors had a call with NCA chief VVS Laxman regarding Ravindra Jadeja injury, they did not want to rush his return.
- Instead, he has been picked only for the Australia Test series, that too subject to further fitness assessment.
- The decision to play Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli has been final.
- Both won’t be considered for T20s at least for now.
- No senior players earned a call-up to the T20 series.
- Instead, selectors finally decided to recall Prithvi Shaw who has been in exile for 18 months.
- Jasprit Bumrah is still out injured and will be sidelined for a longer period than expected.
Meet the new selectors:
- Chetan Sharma (Tests: 23, ODIs: 65)
- Shiv Sundar Das (Tests: 23, ODIs: 4, T20s: 3)
- Subroto Banerjee (Tests: 1, ODIs: 6, First Class: 59)
- Salil Ankola (Tests: 1, ODIs: 20, First Class: 54)
- Sridharan Sharath (First Class: 139, List A: 116)
India Injury Updates:
Sanju Samson (Knee Injury): Samson is out with knee injury. While he is continuing his rehab, he will not be fit for the NZ T20 series. Kerala batter Sanju played on January 3 as a member of India’s T20I team against Sri Lanka. However, he was subsequently ruled out of the following two games due to a knee injury.
Jasprit Bumrah (Back injury): Jasprit Bumrah is out for a longer period. While he was named for the SriLanka ODI series, he complained of a stiff back while bowling at the nets at the NCA. As a precaution, he was ruled out. But InsideSport understands that Bumrah is still some times away from earning full match fitness. Instead, he will continue his rehab.
Ravindra Jadeja (Knee): Jadeja’s injury is taking longer than expected to heal. He will miss the entire NZ series. While he has passed the fitness, selectors don’t want to rush his return. Instead, he has been named for the Australia Test series. But that is also conditional. He will only return if he achieves match fitness.
| New Zealand tour of India, 2023 | ||||
| Sr. No. | Day | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | Wednesday | 18th January | 1st ODI | Hyderabad |
| 2 | Saturday | 21st January | 2nd ODI | Raipur |
| 3 | Tuesday | 24th January | 3rd ODI | Indore |
| 4 | Friday | 27th January | 1st T20I | Ranchi |
| 5 | Sunday | 29th January | 2nd T20I | Lucknow |
| 6 | Wednesday | 1st February | 3rd T20I | Ahmedabad |
India Squad NewZealand Series: Prithvi Shaw returns in T20s, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson & Ravindra Jadeja still UNFIT: Follow IND vs NZ LIVE
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