Overview
- BCCI announced a 15-man ODI squad with Shubman Gill as captain for New Zealand on January 11, 14 and 18 in Vadodara, Rajkot and Indore.
- Shreyas Iyer returns as vice-captain subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence after a spleen injury layoff.
- Hardik Pandya was omitted as he has not been cleared to bowl 10 overs, with his workload managed ahead of the T20 World Cup; Jasprit Bumrah was also left out.
- Mohammed Siraj was recalled to lead the pace options, and Rishabh Pant was retained as backup wicketkeeper behind KL Rahul.
- England named a 12-player group for the SCG including Shoaib Bashir and Matthew Potts after Gus Atkinson’s hamstring injury, with Ben Stokes reaffirming support for the current leadership and Usman Khawaja confirming retirement after the Test.