The BCCI on Monday announced the Indian squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. The tour comprises 3 T20Is, starting 18 November in Wellington, followed by as many ODIs. The series ends on November 30 with the final ODI at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
India T20I squad for the New Zealand tour: Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
India ODI squad for the New Zealand tour: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.
Notably, the last time when India toured New Zealand in 2020 they emerged victorious 5-0 in T20I series but lost the ODI series 0-3. Virat Kohli was the captain of the Indian team during that tour. The two teams also played two-match Test series where the hosts convincingly beat India 2-0.
Meanwhile, India chief selector Chetan Sharma’s fate hangs in balance as the BCCI could soon rejig the senior panel after the T20 World Cup in Australia.
It is an open secret that Chetan and his panel’s performance and consistency in selection has been below par in recent times and unless India performs very well, it could be curtains for India’s first hat-trick man in 50 over World Cup.
Schedule of India’s tour of New Zealand 2022:
1st T20I – 18th November, Wellington
2nd T20I – 20th November, Mount Maunganui
3rd T20I – November 22nd, Napier
1st ODI – 25th November, Auckland
2nd ODI – 27th November, Hamilton
3rd ODI – 30th November, Christchurch