India’s ODI squad vs NZ: Gill to lead; Bumrah and Pandya likely to be rested

The Indian squad for the upcoming three-match ODI bid against New Zealand volition beryllium picked connected Jan 3, TOI has learnt. India’s ODI squad volition assemble successful Vadodara connected Jan 7. The bid volition statesman connected Jan 11 successful Vadodara, with the adjacent 2 matches scheduled to beryllium held successful Rajkot connected Jan 14 and Indore connected Jan 18. “The nationalist enactment committee, headed by (former India pacer) Ajit Agarkar, volition clasp an online gathering connected Jan 3 to prime the squad,” a root successful the BCCI said.

The ODI limb of the bid is expected to gully important attention, peculiarly arsenic it volition diagnostic superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who volition beryllium successful enactment for the archetypal clip since the ODI bid against South Africa successful Dec. India person already picked the squad for the five-match T20I bid against the Kiwis, which volition commencement connected Jan 21, portion New Zealand person besides named some their squads. Having recovered from a cervix injury, skipper Shubman Gill, who was precocious dropped from India’s squad for the 2026 T20 World Cup, is acceptable to pb the team. However, India’s ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer’s instrumentality to enactment has been delayed, arsenic helium volition acquisition rehabilitation astatine the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence for different week. In a determination aimed astatine workload management, prima all-rounder

Hardik Pandya

and gait spearhead Jasprit Bumrah are apt to beryllium rested for the New Zealand series.

Both person missed the past 2 ODI series, and with the T20 World Cup drafting closer, the squad absorption is keen to negociate their fittingness carefully. It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the selectors prime Uttar Pradesh’s in-form wicketkeeper-batter

Dhruv

Jurel, who has scored 307 runs successful 3 matches astatine an mean of 153.5, including 160 not retired disconnected 101 balls against Baroda successful Rajkot connected Dec 29, oregon Ishan Kishan, if they look to regenerate

Rishabh Pant

arsenic the 2nd wicketkeeper.