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India’s T20I and ODI squads for New Zealand tour of India and talking points

India’s T20I and ODI squads for New Zealand tour of India were announced yesterday. Let’s take a look at both the Squads and then look at the talking points from these teams.

Harsh Chopra
Last updated: 14.01.2023
India’s T20I and ODI squads for New Zealand tour of India and talking points

India’s T20I and ODI squads for New Zealand tour of India were announced yesterday. One series is about to get over and immediately after that another series against another top nation is on the horizon and this time it will be New Zealand who are the number 1 ODI team in the world will come to India on the back of a fantastic ODI Series win in Pakistan and will look to challenge India and get the much needed exposure of the conditions before the ODI World Cup later this year. And the Indian teams for the ODI and T20I series were announced yesterday.

There are a few talking points in both the squads and so let’s first look at both the Squads and then look at the talking points from these teams that have been announced.


India’s Squad for T20I for New Zealand tour of India

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Hardik Pandya- Captain

 

BATTERS

Surya Kumar Yadav

Ruturaj Gaekwad

Shubman Gill

Rahul Tripathi

Prithvi Shaw

 

WICKET KEEPERS

Ishan Kishan

Jitesh Sharma

 

ALL ROUNDERS

Deepak Hooda

Washington Sundar

 

FAST BOWLERS

Umran Malik

Mukesh Kumar

Shivam Mavi

Arshdeep Singh

 

SPINNERS

Yuzvendra Chahal

Kuldeep Yadav

 

Talking Points from the T20I Squad:


1) Prithvi Shaw has been given a well deserved call up to the Indian team and he has been performing consistently for a long period of time.

 

2) There are no signs of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul so it looks like these 3 batters have been told to focus on ODI and Test Cricket.


3) There is no Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravichandran Ashwin so it means that the team management has looked beyond them in this format.

 

4) Kuldeep Yadav has earned his place back in the T20I team and it will be a good battle between the two leg spinners.

 

5) The selectors and the team management are going ahead with this young set of players till the 2024 T20I World Cup and that is a good sign of not looking back.


India’s Squad for ODI for New Zealand tour of India


Rohit Sharma – Captain

 

BATTERS

Shubman Gill

Virat Kohli

Shreyas Iyer

Surya Kumar Yadav

 

WICKET KEEPERS

KS Bharat

Ishan Kishan

 

ALL ROUNDERS

Hardik Pandya

Washington Sundar

Shardul Thakur

Shahbaz Ahmed

 

FAST BOWLERS

Umran Malik

Mohammad Shami

Mohammad Siraj

 

SPINNERS

Yuzvendra Chahal

Kuldeep Yadav

 

Talking Points from the ODI Squad:


1) KL Rahul and Axar Patel have taken rear due to family commitments

 

2) KS Bharat and Shahbaz Ahmed are like for like replacements for KL Rahul and Axar Patel.

 

3) Team India has gone for consistency in selections which is a good thing to see as it rarely happens.

 

4) All these players will feel secure that their places are not in jeopardy so they will be able to perform more freely.

 

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