BCCI announced India’s ODI squad for the upcoming New Zealand series, with skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul rested. Shikhar Dhawan will continue to lead the ODI squad as he has done in Rohit’s absence, while Rishabh Pant will be his deputy.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Monday named India’s captain for the upcoming three-match T20I series in New Zealand as BCCI announced three different leaders for four upcoming assignments across formats.
The T20 series will begin on November 18 in Wellington, four days after the conclusion of the ongoing World Cup in Australia.
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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.
Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan will captain the Indian team in the ODI series in New Zealand, starting November 25.
Rishabh Pant will be vice captain of the team in New Zealand in both series.
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Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, opener KL Rahul, keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have all been rested for the New Zealand tour as part of “workload management of players”.
Rohit will be back to lead the side in ODI and Test series in Bangladesh. Star batter Kohli, Ashwin will also return to the squad for the Bangladesh tour where India will play three ODIs and two Tests, beginning December 4.
With inputs from PTI
