Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer To Share Captaincy In ODI Series vs NZ, Jasprit Bumrah To Play Only Tests

Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer will share captaincy. Photo: BCCI

Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer will share captaincy during the ODI series against New Zealand. Gill will lead the team in the first 3 ODIs before leaving the camp to prepare for the Test series. Iyer will lead the team in the last two ODIs. Jasprit Bumrah will only play the Test series. Ishan Kishan, who isn't part of the Test team, has joined the leadership group for the first time. He will assist Iyer in the last two ODIs.

The Pragyan Ojha-headed selection committee hasn't made many changes to the squad for the first three games. Tilak Varma, Yash Thakur and Kumar Kushagra are part of only the last two games. This is the maiden India call-up for wicketkeeper-batter Kushagra.

Bumrah, who will only play the Test series, will lead the pace attack, which has the likes of Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Anshul Kamboj and Akash Deep, who has made his Test return.

Rishabh Pant will have to prove his fitness before going to New Zealand. Photo: AP

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