Chetan Sharma, the Chairman of Selectors of the All India Senior Selection Committee, announced India’s squads for New Zealand and Bangladesh tours in a virtual press conference on Monday.
India will play a three-match T20I and ODI series in New Zealand, starting November 18, which is just two days after the end of the T20 World Cup. Senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have been rested for the series, with Hardik Pandya tasked with the duty of leading the side in the T20Is. Shikhar Dhawan has been appointed as the captain in ODIs, whereas Rishabh Pant has been named as the vice-captain for both the series.
Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson are some other names who will be seen playing in these two legs. Rohit Sharma will assume his usual leadership duties in Bangladesh alongside his deputy KL Rahul.
Rajat Patidar and Rahul Tripathi have also been rewarded with berths in the ODI side after their superb performance in the white-ball series between India A and New Zealand A. The tour of Bangladesh is going to start with the ODIs from December 4 and will end with the second Test on December 22.
Squads
New Zealand 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
New Zealand 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
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, S Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal
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
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