All-rounder Hardik Pandya was named India captain on Monday for the upcoming T20I three-match series in New Zealand as BCCI announced three different leaders for four upcoming assignments in different formats. The T20 series kicks off on November 18 in Wellington, four days after the ongoing World Cup in Australia. Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Indian team in the ODI series in New Zealand from November 25. Rishabh Pant will be vice-captain of the team in New Zealand in both series. Fast bowler Umran Malik has also made a comeback in the squad.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, opener KL Rahul, goalkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin are all outfitted for the New Zealand tour as part of “workload management of players”.
Rohit returns to take the lead in the ODI and Test series in Bangladesh. Star batter Kohli, Ashwin will also return to the squad for the Bangladesh tour where India will play three ODI’s and two Tests starting December 4.
This is the first time the BCCI has announced four squads at the same time.
Ravindra Jadeja, who was ruled out of the ongoing T20 World Cup following an Asian Cup knee injury, will also make a comeback against Bangladesh.
The selection committee chair, Chetan Sharma, said several teams have been announced to manage the players’ workload.
“No one asked for rest. All decisions are part of managing the workload of players. We have reports from the medical team on who should rest when and how they should be managed,” Chetan said during a virtual media interview.
Asked about Karthik’s future after his underpowered show in the first three games of the T20 World Cup and now that he is equipped for the New Zealand tour, Chetan stressed that it is not all over for the Tamil Nadu batter.
“The World Cup ends in a few days and so we have to decide who we are going to equip or not. He (Karthik) has performed and is available for us. But this time we just thought of doing another set to attempt.” players after the World Cup,” said the main selector.
Karthik suffered a back injury during India’s last game against South Africa and is a dubious starter against Bangladesh on Wednesday.
But Chetan did not share an update on Karthik’s injury.
“The medical team takes care of him, it is an internal matter, so it is not wise to bring anything out here. He belongs to the World Cup and he is doing well.” The second game of New Zealand’s T20 series will be played on November 20 at Mount Maunganui, while the series will conclude on November 22 in Napier.
The ODI series starts on November 25 in Auckland), followed by matches on November 27 (Hamilton) and November 30 (Christchurch).
India kicks off the Bangladesh tour with three ODIs on December 4, 7 and 10 in Dhaka, followed by two Test matches in Chattogram (December 14-18) and Dhaka (December 22-26).
But pace-spear Jasprit Bumrah, who missed the T20 World Cup due to a stress fracture to his back, has not been selected for the two tours as he has not yet fully recovered from his injury and the selectors are not in the mood to rush his return. .
“We have to manage players. We have to look at managing the workload of players and we take it very seriously. The NCA (National Cricket Academy) medical team is taking very good care of him (Bumrah),” Sharma said when he was appointed. asked about the pacemaker.
“He will definitely be part of the side against Australia, but we didn’t want to rush his return against Bangladesh. He will be back soon.” Australia will tour India in February-March next year for four tests and three ODIs.
Selection for NZ T20Is: 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 , moh. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
Selection for NZ ODIs: 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.
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Selection for Bangladesh ODIs: 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
Selection for Bangladesh Tests: 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 , moh. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
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