MUMBAI, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer was provisionally named in India’s squad on Saturday for the house one-day worldwide series against New Zealand beginning Jan. 11.
India will host the Black Caps in a white-ball engagement — three ODIs and 5 T20s — within the build-up to the 2026 T20 World Cup.
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Iyer returns to the worldwide fold after sustaining a spleen harm throughout an ODI against Australia in Sydney final October.
His choice is topic to health clearance from BCCI’s medical staff and he’ll return as India’s vice-captain for the three-match series.
Skipper Shubman Gill additionally returns, after he missed the ODI series against South Africa in December. He had a neck spasm within the check series earlier, and subsequently performed within the T20s against the Proteas.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Verma missed out. Gaikwad had scored a maiden ODI hundred against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.
Rishabh Pant is retained as second keeper-batter behind Lokesh Rahul, who had stood in as captain against the Proteas.
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Star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had each participated within the home List A match — Vijay Hazare Trophy — and return to the worldwide stage for the ODIs.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya is match, however not sufficiently sufficient to bowl 10 overs in an ODI. Thus, he has been rested additional forward of the 2026 T20 World Cup (in India and Sri Lanka) beginning Feb. 7. Nitish Kumar Reddy is included within the squad.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj returns to guide the bowling lineup with Jasprit Bumrah rested once more. Siraj had missed the South Africa series due to workload administration.
The three ODIs might be performed in Vadodara (Jan. 11), Rajkot (Jan. 14) and Indore (Jan. 18), with the five-match T20 series beginning Jan. 21.
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Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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