Hardik Pandya To Lead In NZ T20Is; Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan Get Maiden Test Call Ups
BCCI on Friday announced Team India’s teams for the upcoming whiteball series against New Zealand, as well as the first Two Tests against Australia. Hardik Pandya will lead the team in the T20I series against New Zealand, while Rohit Sharma will take charge of the team for the ODIs against the Blackcaps, as well as the four-match Test series against Australia. Prithvi Shaw, after a stellar run with the stick in the domestic ring, was called up back to the New Zealand T20Is, while Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan received their first Test calls.
BCCI also announced that KL Rahul & Axar Patel will miss the New Zealand series due to family commitments, while Ravindra Jadeja, who is recovering from knee surgery, has been included in the Dependent Test team. into his fitness.
The BCCI said in a statement: “The All India Senior Selection Committee has selected India’s teams for the upcoming Mastercard New Zealand Tour of India consisting of three ODIs and multiple T20Is.
Also, Jasprit Bumrah will miss the first two Tests. The first test will take place in Nagpur from February 9.
India team for the New Zealand series
India’s ODI line-up against New Zealand: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (victim), Washington Sundar , Shahbaz Ahmed , Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik.
India’s T20I squad against New Zealand: 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.
India squad for the first two Tests vs Australia
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja , Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
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