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Rohit to lead in New Zealand T20Is

Mumbai: The Rohit Sharma era of captaincy is here as after he was formally announced as the skipper for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand, beginning November 17.

KL Rahul has been named as vice-captain. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harshal Patel, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel have also been named in the squad.

Gaikwad and Iyer had good showing in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 and hence they have been rewarded.

Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami have all been rested for the T20I series against New Zealand as these players have been on the road since June this year.

India's T20I squad:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), 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 and Mohammed Siraj.

Pacer Mohammed Siraj has also earned a call-up into the T20I side along with Deepak Chahar.

From the T20 World Cup squad, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been retained and they will be seen in action.

Hardik Pandya has not been named in the squad and it is not known whether he has been rested or he has been dropped from the squad. Hardik did not bowl against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, and he returned to bowling action in the second game against New Zealand.


Scores Upcoming Results
3rd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg
Pakistan won by 36 runs (DLS method)
3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining)
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