India Squad NZ Series: Hardik Pandya to lead India T20 squad in NZ, Kohli-Rohit rested, Sanju Samson returns

India Squad NZ Series: IND vs NZ Series: National selection committee chairman Chetan Sharma has announced the squads for NewZealand and Bangladesh tours. Hardik Pandya will lead India in the T20I series while Shikhar Dhawan will captain in the ODIs. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have been rested from the NZ series. They will return for Bangladesh tour. Sanju Samson has also returned for the New Zealand series. However, he has been snubbed from Bangladesh tour. Umran Malik has also found a place. Follow India Tour of NewZealand and India vs New Zealand LIVE on InsideSport.In

Deepak Chahar who is nursing a back injury will return for the Bangladesh tour. However, there is no sign of Jasprit Bumrah yet. He is likely to return in December for Australia series at home. The other notable omission is Dinesh Karthik. India’s designated finisher has been dropped from the T20 squad for NewZealand. Shubman Gill has also got a call-up in T20Is.

“We hurried Jasprit Bumrah before the T20 World Cup and you saw what happened. So we want to be patient now. KL Rahul is an important Test player for us, so we’ve rested him in the Limited Overs series against New Zealand,” Chetan Sharma said.

“I say it every time that we have to manage the players and when we do that, the media ends up writing about how different players are playing in the lineup with different captains. We have to manage the workload. We hurried up Jasprit Bumrah a bit, we tried as the World Cup was coming and see what happened. We are without Jasprit Bumrah for this World Cup,” the chief selector said of Bumrah.

🗣️ 🗣️ Mr. @chetans1987, Chairman, All-India Senior Selection Committee speaks about how the workload management of the players is approached. #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/RIYIHqslIN

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 31, 2022

India Squad NZ Series: Hardik Pandya to lead India T20 squad in NZ, Kohli-Rohit to be rested, Sanju Samson returns – Follow LIVE Updates

Squad for NZ T20Is: Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.

Squad for NZ ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.

Squad for Bangladesh ODIs: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal

Squad for Bangladesh Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.

India Squad NZ Series: Hardik Pandya to lead India T20 squad in NZ, Kohli-Rohit to be rested, Sanju Samson returns – Follow LIVE Updates

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Team India will depart for New Zealand after the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia so that the two teams may play a T20 International match on November 18. Over the course of 13 days, India and New Zealand will play a total of 6 cricket matches, comprising 3 T20 Internationals and the same number of ODIs. On November 13, 2022, the T20 World Cup final will take place in Australia.