New Zealand tour of India — Check out the new players who have made it to the Indian T20 squad

Nov 10, 2021 By: Vaamanaa Sethi Credit: BCCL

The selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has picked a 16-member squad...

...for the T20 International (T20I) series against New Zealand (NZ). Credit: BCCL

The Indian squad will be playing three matches against...

...the Kiwis starting on November 17, 2021 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Credit: BCCL

Rohit Sharma as the new skipper of India

The Indian team, on November 9, got their new captain Rohit Sharma, who replaced Virat Kohli, for the upcoming T20I series against NZ. Credit: BCCL

India’s opening batsman, KL Rahul, has been appointed as...

...the vice-captain of the Indian team for the upcoming series. Credit: BCCL

These are the players who will not be playing in the upcoming T20I series —

Virat Kohli

Former skipper Kohli will be missing on the field for the upcoming series as he will be taking a break. Credit: BCCL

Hardik Pandya

India’s all-rounder has also been dropped from the squad as he still has not recovered from his lower back injury. Credit: BCCL

Jasprit Bumrah

Currently one of the best bowlers in the Indian team, Bumrah took 7 wickets from 4 matches in this T20 World Cup. Credit: BCCL

Mohammed Shami

India’s right-arm fast bowler, Shami had taken 6 wickets from 4 matches played in the last T20 tournament. Credit: BCCL

Ravindra Jadeja

India’s all-rounder, Jadeja, took 7 wickets in 4 matches in the last T20 tournament. Credit: BCCL

These are the new entrants into the Indian squad for the upcoming NZ series —

Ruturaj Gaikwad

The 22-year old batsman who made his debut in 2020 has performed exceptionally well in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) season by scoring 635 runs from 16 matches with a strike rate of 136.26. Credit: ICC

Deepak Chahar

The medium-fast bowler from Agra, who was part of Rajasthan Royals in 2012, has performed well in this IPL season by taking 14 wickets in 15 matches with a strike rate of 23.14. Credit: ICC

Harshal Patel

The Haryana-born pacer, who made his first Indian Premier League (IPL) appearance in 2012, had performed exceptionally well in this year’s IPL with a tally of 32 wickets from 15 matches. Credit: BCCL

Axar Patel

The all-rounder from Gujarat, who made his IPL debut in 2014, took 15 wickets from12 matches in this year’s IPL with an average of 20.44. Credit: BCCL

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