India and New Zealand will face off in three ODIs between January 11 and 18. Here’s how the squads shape up ahead of the series.
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Vadodara, Rajkot and Indore will host the three ODIs respectively, with the spotlight once again on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Shreyas Iyer also returns to the India squad after recovering from a spleen injury suffered during their tour of Australia last year. India went down 2-1 in a three-ODI series down under, before condemning South Africa to a 2-1 defeat to finish the year on a high.
India have made three changes to the side that lined up against the Proteas, with Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Mohammed Siraj returning to the ODI team. Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dhruv Jurel have been dropped. Varma has also suffered an injury and has been ruled out of the following T20I series.
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New Zealand, on the other hand, have named a largely second-string side, with one eye on the upcoming T20 World Cup. Michael Bracewell, who has a 100 per cent win record as captain in ODIs, will lead the team.
The visitors have clean-swept all three ODI series they have featured in after losing the Champions Trophy final to India. They defeated Pakistan, England, and the West Indies 3-0 and will hope to do the same against a far tougher ODI opponent in India.
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IND vs NZ ODI squads: Full teams and injury updates
India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Injury update: Shreyas Iyer has been cleared to join the team after playing two Vijay Hazare Trophy games for Mumbai. Shubman Gill has also returned to full fitness after missing the ODI series against South Africa due to a neck injury. Hardik Pandya hasn't been cleared to bowl 10 overs by the BCCI COE and isn't part of the side.
New Zealand squad: Michael Bracewell (c), Adi Ashok, Kristian Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway (wk), Zak Foulkes, Mitch Hay (wk), Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Jayden Lennox, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rae, Will Young.
Injury updates: None.
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