The BCCI has declared India’s teams for the next T20I versus New Zealand at home. The series will begin with T20Is on 17th November, followed by Test matches beginning on November 25. India were out of the 2021 T20 World Cup in the Super 12 round, therefore concluded Virat Kohli’s term as T20 captain. Rohit Sharma has been confirmed as India’s captain for the T20I series by the selectors. Lets look at India’s Squad For NZ Series.
India’s Squad For NZ Series
Despite spending more than 6 months in a bubble, many players who’ve been part of the World Cup team have been decided to rest for the T20I series, as planned. Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Shami have all been termed out of the 3 T20Is versus New Zealand.
Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, and Deepak Chahar, who were on the bench for the World Cup, have been promoted to the main team this time. For the next T20 World Cup only 11 to go, this is also a platform for the players to establish their position. Yuzvendra Chahal also resumes after being left out of the World Cup.
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
India’s T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), 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
India vs New Zealand T20I schedule:
1st T20I: 17th Nov 2021, Wednesday – Jaipur
2nd T20I: 19th Nov 2021, Friday – Ranchi
3rd T20I – 21st Nov 2021, Sunday – Kolkata
The selection panel also chose the India ‘A’ team for the next South Africa tour, which will begin on November 23, 2021, at Bloemfontein. During the tour, the squad will start playing 4-day matches. The two sides will play 3 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 4 T20Is in South Africa.
India ‘A’ squad for South Africa tour: Priyank Panchal (C), 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
India A vs South Africa schedule:
1st Four-day Match Bloemfontein: Tue-Fri 23rd to 26th Nov 2021
2nd Four-day Match Bloemfontein: Mon-Thu 29th Nov to 2nd Dec 2021
3rd Four-day Match Bloemfontein: Mon-Thu 6th to 9th Dec 2021
Also read: ENG Vs NZ T20 WC 2021, Semi Final-1| ENG Vs NZ Match Predictions
