India squad for series vs New Zealand and Bangladesh announced, Hardik Pandya named skipper in T20Is

The BCCI on Monday announced Team India squads for New Zealand and Bangladesh tour.

While senior players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik and Mohammed Shami were rested from the white-ball tour of New Zealand, Hardik Pandya was appointed as the skipper for 3 T20Is starting November 18. Rishabh Pant was named as Hardik's deputy.

Shikhar Dhawan will return to lead the side in the 3-match ODI series starting November 25. Notably, speedster Umran Malik was included in both the T20 and ODI squads.

The board also picked India's squad for the Bangladesh tour in December. While senior players return to the 3-match ODI series and the 2 Tests, Ravindra Jadeja also makes a comeback into both the sides after an injury lay-off.

The 3 ODIs will be played on December 4, 7 and 10 respectively. The 2 Tests will begin on December 14 and December 22 respectively.

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Squad for NZ T20Is:

Hardik Pandya (C), 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.

Squad for 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.

Squad for Bangladesh ODIs:

Rohit Sharma (C), 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

Squad for Bangladesh Tests:

Rohit Sharma (C), 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.