The Indian Men’s Selection Committee, on Tuesday, October 6, unveiled India and India A squads for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. India will play five T20Is from October 22, while India A will play three Multi-Day matches against New Zealand A from October 24.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned to the Indian T20I squad after picking up 28 wickets in 16 games in the IPL 2026 season. Notably, the veteran pacer last played for India in a T20I in November 2022 in New Zealand.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy also returned to the T20I squad after recovering from a side strain, which he sustained during the recent T20I series against Afghanistan. On the other hand, Ravi Bishnoi has been sidelined.
India T20I Squad vs NZ: Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson [WK], Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav
New Zealand vs India T20I series schedule
Thursday, October 22 – First T20I, Christchurch
Saturday, October 24 – Second T20I, Christchurch
Tuesday, October 27 – Third T20I, Wellington
Friday, October 30 – Fourth T20I, Auckland
Sunday, November 1 – Fifth T20I, Hamilton
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also announced the India A squad for the forthcoming multi-day tour against New Zealand A, commencing on October 24 in Lincoln. Dhruv Jurel will lead the side in the three-match series.
India A multi-day squad vs NZ A: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Smaran, Rishabh Pant* [WK], Dhruv Jurel [C] [WK], Washington Sundar, Auqib Nabi, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Manav Suthar, Mukesh Choudhary, Sai Sudarsan, Yash Rathod, Mukesh Kumar
Note: * Subject to fitness
New Zealand A vs India A Multi-Day series schedule
October 24 to October 27 – First Multi-Day, Lincoln
October 31 to November 3 – Second Multi-Day, Christchurch
November 7 to November 10 – Third Multi-Day, Lincoln
