The Indian Cricket Board on Monday announced the squad for the upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and the ODI and Test series against Bangladesh. Hardik Pandya will be leading the side in the T20Is against New Zealand while Shikhar Dhawan will captain the ODI team against the same opponents. While announcing the squad, Indian Cricket Board Chief Selector Chetan Sharma made a shocking revelation on Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness in the lead-up to the 20-20 World Cup.
The speedster has been out of action since September and was expected to make a return to the side soon. However, his name has been missing from the squads for all four series. Chief Selector Chetan Sharma gave an insight into Bumrah’s fitness and stated that the team management wants to be patient with him and allow him to fully recover. He further said that Bumrah was hurried back into the team before the 20-20 World Cup which made things worse for India.
“He will be back soon. Hoping we will play for India again soon. We hurried Jasprit Bumrah before the 20-20 World Cup and you saw what happened. So we want to be patient now. The NCA team is looking after him well. Right now, we are a little cautious about including Bumrah. When we rest a player, there is a reason behind it,” he said.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been rested from the New Zealand tour which begins on October 19. Rishabh Pant has been named the vice-captain of the squad on the tour in the absence of senior players.
India and New Zealand will lock horns in a three-match T20I series followed by an ODI series of as many matches.
After that, team India will travel to Bangladesh to play a three-match ODI series and two-match Test Series. The tour will begin on 4th December with the ODI leg. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will make a return to the side on the Bangladesh tour.
India squad for the New Zealand T20I series:
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.
India squad for the New Zealand ODI series:
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.
India squad for Bangladesh ODI series:
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
India squad for the Bangladesh Test series:
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.
