Mumbai: The Indian selectors have stuck to their policy of separate teams and captains for different tours.
At a time when Team India are looking to win their remaining two Super 12s Group 2 games – against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe – to book a semifinal berth in the T20 World Cup, the squads for upcoming tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh were announced on Monday.
While Hardik Pandya has been named Team India captain for the three T20 Internationals against New Zealand, Shikhar Dhawan will lead in the three-match ODI series.
The likes of regular captain Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Mohammad Shami have been rested for the tour of New Zealand, which begins on November 18 – just 5 days after the T20 World Cup final at Melbourne.
Rohit, Kohli, Rahul and Shami will be back for the tour of Bangladesh, which commences on December 4 with a three-ODI series, to be followed by three Test matches.
Rishabh Pant has been named vice-captain of the both ODI and T20I squads in New Zealand, while Rahul will be Rohit’s deputy for the ODIs and Tests in Bangladesh. Pant, however, is part of both tours.
TEAM INDIA SQUADS
NZ T20Is — Hardik Pandya (Capt), Rishabh Pant (VC & wk), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
NZ ODIs — Shikhar Dhawan (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.
Bangladesh ODIs — Rohit Sharma (Capt), KL Rahul (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal
Bangladesh Tests — Rohit Sharma (Capt), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
