The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Men’s Selection Committee, on Tuesday, October 6, unveiled India and India A squads for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. While India plays five T20Is, India A will play three Multi-Day matches against New Zealand A.
The interesting talking point of India’s T20I squad is Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return. The veteran pacer, who last played for India in a T20I in November 2022, returned to the Indian squad after nearly four years.
Meanwhile, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy also returned after recovering from a side strain. The 16-man squad will be led by Shreyas Iyer, with Tilak Varma being Iyer’s deputy for the five-match T20I series.
India T20I Squad vs NZ: Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson [WK], Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav
New Zealand vs India T20I series fixtures
Thursday, October 22 – First T20I, Christchurch
Saturday, October 24 – Second T20I, Christchurch
Tuesday, October 27 – Third T20I, Wellington
Friday, October 30 – Fourth T20I, Auckland
Sunday, November 1 – Fifth T20I, Hamilton
On the other hand, the BCCI also unveiled the India A squad for the forthcoming multi-day tour of New Zealand. Dhruv Jurel will lead the India A squad that will play three multi-day games against New Zealand A.
India A multi-day squad vs NZ A: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Smaran, Rishabh Pant* [WK], Dhruv Jurel [C] [WK], Washington Sundar, Auqib Nabi, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Manav Suthar, Mukesh Choudhary, Sai Sudarsan, Yash Rathod, Mukesh Kumar
Note: * Subject to fitness
New Zealand A vs India A Multi-Day series fixtures
October 24 to October 27 – First Multi-Day, Lincoln
October 31 to November 3 – Second Multi-Day, Christchurch
November 7 to November 10 – Third Multi-Day, Lincoln
