The Indian team will be traveling to New Zealand for a full tour since 2014-15. The tour will see India playing 5 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 2 Test matches against the Kiwis, with the tour, starting from January 24th.
The last time Indian team faced Kiwis in limited-overs series was in 2019 and the Men in Blue won the ODI series convincingly but lost the T20I series despite putting up a valiant fight. This time around the five-match T20I series will provide much-needed practice in the ICC T20 World Cup year. Regulars like Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Jasprit Bumrah were named in the squad.
The T20I squad sees Rohit Sharma returning back, while Sanju Samson has been dropped. Mohammad Shami has also been included for the important series.
India's T20I squad for NZ series:
Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shreyas Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur
