All-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Monday named India’s captain for the upcoming three-match T20I series in New Zealand as the BCCI announced three different leaders for four upcoming assignments across formats. The T20I series will begin on November 18 in Wellington, four days after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup.
Shikhar Dhawan will lead in the ODI series in New Zealand, starting November 25 in Auckland. Rishabh Pant will be the vice-captain in New Zealand in both the series.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik and Ravichandran Ashwin have all been rested for the New Zealand tour as part of “workload management of players”.
Chief selector Chetan Sharma said that Jasprit Bumrah will not be rushed into the scheme of things.
“The NCA medical team is looking after Bumrah very well. And he will definitely be part and parcel of the team very soon, in the sense definitely against Australia (series in 2023). But for Bangladesh we are a little cautious with Bumrah as opposed to like we tried to bring him back early (post the Asia Cup). So we don’t want to do that this time,” he said.
Rohit will be back to lead the side in the ODI and Test series in Bangladesh. Kohli and Ashwin will also return to the squad. Ravindra Jadeja, who has been in rehab following a knee surgery, will also make a comeback in Bangladesh.
