Mumbai: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the India's squad for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand.
Newly appointed Captain Rohit Sharma along with other players like Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have all been rested.
''Virat Kohli will join the squad for the second Test and will lead the team,'' BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement.
With New Zealand, India will play three T20 ODIs on November 17, 19 and 21. The team will also play two Tests matches on November 25-29 and December 3-7. The first test match will be played at Kanpur while the second will take place at Mumbai.
India's squad for Tests against New Zealand announced
India's Test squad: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
On Tuesday, the 16-member India squad in the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand was announced which will be lead by Rohit Sharma.
KL Rahul will be Sharma's deputy for the series while the likes of Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, and Ravindra Jadeja have been given a rest.
Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, and Avesh Khan are the new faces in the squad.
The selection committee also picked the India 'A' squad for the South Africa tour scheduled to start from November 23 in Bloemfontein. The team will play three four-day matches during the tour.
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, Mohd. Siraj.
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