BCCI today announced the 15-member India squad for T20 series against New Zealand as Mahendra Singh Dhoni was included after being left out of Australia and West Indies T20 series. India play the T20 series in New Zealand just after the conclusion of five match ODI series in the Britain of South.
The first T20 will be played in Wellington on 6 February followed by 2nd and 3rd T20 in Auckland and Hamilton respectively.
KL Rahul retained his place in the team despite not being in the best of form in the recent times alongside Dinesh Karthik.
Hardik Pandya also returned to the squad and will play alongside his brother Krunal Pandya.
Washington Sundar, Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey are the three players who have been left out from T20 side that played against Australia.
India T20 squad
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed
