On Tuesday, the BCCI has finalized the squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against New Zeland at home and announced that Rohit Sharma will be leading the squad and KL Rahul will be performing the role of his deputy. Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, and Ruturaj Gaikwad have received maiden national call-ups for the series. Apart from teh squad for teh T20I series, BCCI also announced India ‘A’ squad for South Africa tour
For the New Zealand series veteran players like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah have been rested as they will be required for the two-match Test series following the T20Is series. Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant have been retained as the wicket-keeper batsmen for the series.
NEWS – India’s squad for T20Is against New Zealand & India ‘A’ squad for South Africa tour announced.@ImRo45 named the T20I Captain for India.
More details here – https://t.co/lt1airxgZS #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/nqJFWhkuSB
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 9, 2021
Schedule for the T20Is against New Zealand
- November 17: First T20I, Karachi
- November 19: Second T20I, Ranchi
- November 21: Third T20I, Kolkata
India T20Is squad against New Zealand: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj
Schedule for India ‘A’ tour to South Africa
- November 23-26: First Four-day Match, Bloemfontein
- November 29- December 2: Second Four-day Match, Bloemfontein
- December 6-9: Third Four-day Match, Bloemfontein
India ‘A’ squad for South Africa tour: Priyank Panchal (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Upendra Yadav (wicket-keeper), K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel, Arzan Nagwaswalla
