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In the year 2026, the Indian team will play its first series with New Zealand. New Zealand’s tour of India will run from January 11 to January 31, during which three ODIs and five T20 matches will be played between the two teams. Team India has been announced for the T20 series against New Zealand, but the ODI squad has not been announced yet. Know here which players can get a chance in the ODI squad.
Gil’s back! Jaiswal OUT from playing eleven
ODI team captain Shubman Gill suffered a neck injury in the second Test against South Africa. Due to this reason he could not play the ODI series against South Africa. But now he may return in the series against New Zealand. Gill’s return will directly mean that even if Yashasvi Jaiswal is selected in the squad, he will sit out of the playing eleven, who played an unbeaten 116-run century against South Africa.
It is almost certain that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play in the series. Both are coming after scoring centuries for their respective teams in Vijay Hazare Trophy. KL Rahul will be the first choice wicketkeeper in the ODI team, while questions have arisen regarding the back-up wicketkeeper. According to media reports, Rishabh Pant will not get a place in the ODI team, Ishan Kishan may be given a chance. BCCI has recently included Kishan in the T20 World Cup squad.
Will Shreyas Iyer be able to make a comeback?
Nothing is clear yet about Shreyas Iyer, his selection in the ODI series against New Zealand will depend on his fitness. Iyer was injured while fielding during the ODI series against Australia. Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah were rested for the South Africa ODI series, it is reported that they may be rested for the New Zealand series also. The reason for this could be to keep him completely fit for the T20 World Cup.
Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh can also be selected in the squad. Prasidh Krishna took 4 wickets in the last ODI against South Africa, but he proved to be very expensive in the entire series. It will be interesting to see whether Prasidh is able to secure his place or Mohammad Siraj is brought back.
India’s probable squad against New Zealand: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna