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Shubman Gill returns arsenic the ODI skipper for India’s three-match bid against New Zealand, portion his lawman Shreyas Iyer has besides been included — taxable to fittingness clearance — successful the 15-member squad. Mohammed Siraj was recalled aft being rested for the 2 location ODI bid earlier successful the season.
The squad was announced connected Saturday day aft the enactment committee, successful consultation with skipper Gill, held a virtual gathering successful the morning. Gill had missed the erstwhile ODI bid against South Africa owed to a cervix spasm.
According to a BCCI statement, Shreyas’ “availability is taxable to fittingness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence.” The middle-order batter is connected the roadworthy to betterment aft sustaining a superior abdominal wounded during the Australia circuit successful October past year.
Shreyas is acceptable to diagnostic successful Mumbai’s adjacent Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture successful Jaipur connected Tuesday. Gill and Shreyas person replaced Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dhruv Jurel from the squad that defeated South Africa successful November. Tilak Varma has made mode for Siraj, with the selectors opting to bolster the gait onslaught by adding a specializer accelerated bowler.
Gaikwad was unfortunate to miss retired contempt scoring a period astatine No. 4 against South Africa, having initially been picked chiefly arsenic a reserve opener.
The BCCI merchandise besides clarified that Hardik Pandya was not considered for selection, arsenic the aesculapian squad astatine the Centre of Excellence has advised against him bowling 10 overs successful a match, keeping successful caput adjacent month’s T20 World Cup.
“Hardik has not been cleared by the BCCI COE to vessel 10 overs successful a lucifer and, considering the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to follow, his workload is being managed,” the connection read.
Siraj, who had been rested pursuing a dense workload successful the Test format, is expected to spearhead the bowling onslaught arsenic the selectors look to effort retired combinations up of the 2027 ODI World Cup successful South Africa.
Rishabh Pant retains his place, with the enactment committee opting to persist with him alternatively of bringing successful Ishan Kishan. It remains to beryllium seen whether Pant gets an accidental to beryllium his credentials during the series.
The squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (Vice-captain)*, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal. (*Subject to fittingness clearance.)
