India Squad Highlights: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Rested For New Zealand Tour; Set To Return In Bangladesh Series

India Squad Announcement For New Zealand And Bangladesh Series, Press Conference Highlights: India announced their squad for their upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and the ODI and Test series against Bangladesh on Monday. Hardik Pandya will lead India in New Zealand T20Is, while Shikhar Dhawan will captain the side in ODIs down under. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are among the senior players who have been rested for the tour. However, the two players will return to the squad in the ODIs and Tests against Bangladesh with Rohit Sharma being the captain.

Here are the Highlights of the squad announced for India's tour to New Zealand and Bangladesh:

07:24 PM IST - Why no Prithvi Shaw in any team? Here's is Chetan Sharma's reply

"We are basically loooking for Prithvi (Shaw). We are in constant touch with Prithvi. He is going well. He is doing nothing wrong at alll. The thing is that we have to see whether the guys who are playing are also getting their chances. He will definitely get his chance. Selectors are in constant touch with Prithvi. He will get his chances very soon," said the chief selector of the Indian cricket team.

07:21 PM IST - Is Dinesh Karthik in the scheme of things? Chetan Sharma answers

"We look mainly at the load management to see which player should be given rest or not. Dinesh Karthik... the way he came in the side, the way he performed. He is always available for the selectors. It is just that we are thinking to try a different set of players after T20 World Cup. Otherwise, doors are open for him. He is a great player," said Sharma.

07:08 PM IST - Here is what Chetan Sharma said on Jasprit Bumrah

"I say it every time that we have to manage the players and when we do that, the media ends up writing about how different players are playing in the lineup with different captains. We have to manage the workload. We hurried up Jasprit Bumrah a bit, we tried as the World Cup was coming and see what happened. We are without Jasprit Bumrah for this World Cup," said the chief selector while replying to an NDTV question during the virtual press conference.

06:50 PM IST - India 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.

06:49 PM IST - India 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

06:46 PM IST - India squad for New Zealand 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.

06:45 PM IST - India squad for New Zealand 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.

06:40 PM IST - Hardik captain in T20Is vs NZ, Dhawan to lead in ODIs

Hardik Pandya will lead the Indian squad in T20Is against New Zealand with Rishabh Pant being his deputy, while Shikhar Dhawan will lead India in the ODIs against the Kiwis.

06:33 PM IST - How many matches will India play in New Zealand?

India will face New Zealand in a T20I series of three matches, starting November 18. An ODI series of as many matches between the side will follow.

06:21 PM IST - Indian squad set to be announced

India's squad for the white-ball series against India will be announced today. Don't go anywhere as we will bring you the squad details as soon as it is announced.

06:01 PM IST - Hello guys!

Hello everyone and welcome to this space. India's chief selector Chetan Sharma will address the media today regarding the side's tour to New Zealand in November. The squad for the series will be announced today. Stay connected!

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