The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced two squads for the upcoming five-match ODI series in New Zealand on Friday (October 16). According to the BCCI release, Shubman Gill will captain India in the first three matches against the Black Caps, while Shreyas Iyer has been named captain for the fourth and fifth ODIs.
Iyer, who captains India in T20Is, has never led the Men in Blue in ODIs and will make his ODI captaincy debut on November 13.
As many as four players — Gill, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj and Prasidh Krishna — have been picked only for the first three matches, while Tilak Varma, Kumar Kushagra, Auqib Nabi and Yash Thakur are part of the squad only for the last two matches.
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Captain Shubman Gill will lead the side for the first 3️⃣ ODIs, before Shreyas Iyer takes charge for the last 2️⃣ matches.
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The BCCI has named two squads for the ODI series in New Zealand because, after the first three matches, Gill, Rahul, Kamboj and Krishna will begin their preparations for the two-match Test series against the Kiwis. The first Test of the red-ball series is scheduled to start on November 19. It has been reported that India could play a warm-up match ahead of the Test series.
As many as 12 players have been retained in India’s ODI squad for all five matches. Of those 12, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Nitish Kumar Reddy are also part of the Test squad. Siraj and Reddy are likely to feature in both Tests as well.
Kuldeep and Reddy have also been picked for the five-match T20I series, and it will be interesting to see how the Indian team management manages their workloads during the 45-day-long tour of New Zealand.
India’s ODI squad for the first three ODIs: Shubman Gill (C), Shreyas Iyer (VC), KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna (subject to fitness)
India’s ODI squad for fourth and fifth ODIs: Shreyas Iyer (C), Ishan Kishan (VC & WK), Kumar Kushagra (WK), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav
