India's ODI Squad Against New Zealand: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced India's ODI lineup for the New Zealand series on Saturday, with Shubman Gill at the helm, leading a team that includes seasoned campaigners Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
The BCCI informed that star batter Shreyas Iyer’s availability is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI COE.
The three-match ODI series against New Zealand starts on 11th January at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara.
Hardik Pandya has not been cleared by the BCCI COE to bowl 10 overs in a match, and his bowling workload is being carefully managed by the BCCI, considering the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
"Hardik Pandya has not been cleared by the BCCI COE to bowl 10 overs in a match, and considering the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to follow, his workload is being managed," BCCI said in a statement.
Mohammed Siraj, who was overlooked for the home series against South Africa, is back in the ODI setup.
Iyer, who was hospitalised during the ODI series in Australia in November for spleen laceration, will need to confirm his match fitness in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this month to get fitness clearance from the Centre of Excellence (COE).
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The other two matches of the series will be played in Rajkot and Indore on January 14 and 18, respectively. Ruturaj Gaikwad could not get the selectors' nod after scoring a fine hundred during the South Africa series.
India’s ODI squad: Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Shreyas Iyer (VC)*, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.