Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan to lead India in New Zealand

Posted By on October 31, 2022

Hardik Pandya will captain India in the upcoming bilateral T20I series in New Zealand, while Shikhar Dhawan takes charge of the ODI squad, with Rohit Sharma being rested from the tour that begins five days after the T20 World Cup final in Australia. Rishabh Pant has been appointed vice-captain of both squads.
Hardik’s first India captaincy assignment had come earlier this year, when Rohit was unavailable for the two T20Is in Ireland. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have also been rested from the entire tour of New Zealand.

India play three T20Is and three ODIs in New Zealand from November 18. The T20Is will be played in Wellington (November 18), Mount Maunganui (November 20) and Napier (November 22), while the ODIs are in Auckland (November 25), Hamilton (November 27) and Christchurch (November 30).

India’s T20I squad: 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.

India’s ODI squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 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

More to follow …

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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