Pandya to lead Indian T20 squad in New Zealand; Dhawan named captain for ODIs

All-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Monday named India's captain for three-match T20I series in New Zealand, starting vember 18, while opener KL Rahul and keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik were rested as part of "worklo manment of players".

Regular skipper Rohit Sharma, star batter Virat Kohli and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have also been rested for New Zealand tour, where veteran Shikhar Dhawan will le side in three-match ODI series.

T20 series will begin four days after conclusion of ongoing T20 World Cup on vember 18 in Wellington. second match will be played on vember 20 in Mount Maunganui, while series will conclude on vember 22 in Napier.

ODI series will begin on vember 25 (Auckland), followed by matches on vember 27 (Hamilton) and vember 30 (Christchurch). Selection Committee Chairman Chetan Sharma also anunced squs for Banglesh tour, where team will play three ODIs and two Tests.

This is first time that BCCI has anunced four squs at same time.

Rohit Sharma will le side in Banglesh, where Kohli and Ashwin will also play.

"body asked for rest. All decisions are part of worklo manment of players. We have reports from medical team on who to give rest when and how to man m," Sharma said during a virtual media interaction.

Indian squ for New Zealand & Banglesh series

Squ for NZ T20Is: Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.

Squ for NZ ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.

Squ for Banglesh ODIs: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jeja, Axar Patel, W Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal.

Squ for Banglesh Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yav. 

Im: Twitter/BCCI