BCCI names ODI and Test squads for New Zealand tour; Iyer to lead in last two ODIs
Shubman Gill will captain India in the first three ODIs and the Tests, while Shreyas Iyer takes charge for the last two ODIs, the BCCI said.
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The Indian team will soon leave for its tour of New Zealand. The BCCI has announced the squads for the ODI and Test series. On this tour, India will play all three formats against New Zealand: T20Is, ODIs and Tests.
The captaincy is the most discussed issue. In the first three matches of the five-match ODI series, Shubman Gill will captain India, with Shreyas Iyer as vice-captain. In the last two ODIs, Iyer will lead the side and Ishan Kishan will be vice-captain. Kishan is also a wicketkeeper. The BCCI itself shared this on social media: Gill is captain in the first three ODIs and Iyer will lead the team in the last two matches.
The BCCI has not so far explained why the captain is being changed for the last two ODIs.
The T20I series will begin on October 22, and its squad had already been announced. The ODI series will begin on November 4.
The squad for the first three ODIs is: Shubman Gill (captain), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav.
The squad for the last two ODIs includes Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper, vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav.
The Test squad has also been announced. Gill is captain and KL Rahul vice-captain. They are joined by Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhruv Jurel, Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj.
