India suffered a huge blow ahead of their five-match home T20I series against New Zealand, with Washington Sundar being ruled out of the entire series and Tilak Varma set to miss the opening three matches.
Ravi Bishnoi has been drafted into the squad in place of Sundar.
Shreyas Iyer returns to the T20I squad for the first time since December 2023. Shreyas has been included for the first three matches as a replacement for Tilak . His last T20I appearance came against Australia in Bengaluru, and his recall reflects his strong form in recent months.
India’s updated T20I squad vs New Zealand
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer (first three T20Is), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vc), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ishan Kishan (wk) & Ravi Bishnoi