New Zealand unveils ODI & T20I squads for India tour

New Zealand Cricket, on Tuesday, December 23, revealed their ODI and T20I squads for their upcoming India tour, which comprises a three-match ODI series, commencing on January 11, and a five-match T20I series, starting on January 21.

While Mitchell Santner has been rested, all-rounder Michael Bracewell has been appointed as the stand-in captain. Moreover, Kane Williamson, Matt Henry, Mark Chapman, and Rachin Ravindra have been unavailable or rested for the ODI series.

For the unversed, Williamson made himself unavailable with New Zealand Cricket confirming that he is unavailable due to his participation in the upcoming SA20 2025-26 campaign, which is set to start later this month.

On the other hand, the left-arm pacer Jayden Lennox has earned his maiden international call-up, and head coach Rob Walter made it clear that Lennox has been on the management’s radar for some time.

“Jayden has been an identified player of interest for some time and has some good New Zealand “A” experience under his belt. He's consistently been one of the top performers in white-ball cricket domestically for a number of seasons,” New Zealand Head Coach Rob Walter said

“Playing in the sub-continent is obviously very different to what we’re used to in New Zealand, so any opportunity we can get to expose our guys to those conditions can only be a good thing, especially prior to a T20 World Cup in the subcontinent,” he added.

Meanwhile, the T20I squad will see Santner getting back as the captain of the side, which includes Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, and Rachin Ravindra. 

New Zealand ODI squad for India series

Michael Bracewell (c), Adi Ashok, Kristian Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway, Zak Foulkes, Mitch Hay (wk), Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Jayden Lennox, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rae, Will Young.

New Zealand T20I squad for India series

Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Bevon Jacobs, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Robinson, Ish Sodhi.

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