Indian squad for New Zealand and Bangladesh tours announced
The Indian team has been announced for the T20 and ODI series against New Zealand and the ODI and Test series against Bangladesh. India will tour New Zealand after the T20 World Cup. During this, a three-match T20 and three-match ODI series will be played between the two teams. After this, Team India will go on a tour of Bangladesh in December. There the team will play a three-match ODI series and a two-match Test series. The selectors announced the Indian team for both these tours on Monday.
Fast bowlers Yash Dayal and Kuldeep Sen will be the two new faces in the team. Yash has been included in the Indian team for the ODI series against Bangladesh and Kuldeep for the ODI series against New Zealand. Apart from these two, some players have also been given a chance who have been a part of the Indian squad earlier, but they have not yet got a chance to make an international debut. These include Rajat Patidar and Rahul Tripathi.
India tour of New Zealand 2022
Hardik Pandya has been appointed as the captain for the T20 series against New Zealand. At the same time, Rishabh Pant has been given the responsibility of vice-captain.
Team India for T20 series against New Zealand: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice-Captain & Wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (WK), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal , Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
At the same time, Shikhar Dhawan has been given the responsibility of captaincy for the ODI series against New Zealand. In this too Rohit, Rahul, Kohli will not be seen playing. Rishabh Pant has also been made the vice-captain for this series. At the same time, Hardik Pandya has been rested after the T20 series. In the ODI team, fast bowler Umran Malik and Kuldeep Sen will be the new faces. Kuldeep made a lot of headlines while playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not been included in the ODI squad. At the same time, fast bowlers Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur, who were injured just before the World Cup, are also making a comeback in the team.
Team India for ODI series against New Zealand: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed , Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik.
Full schedule of India’s tour of New Zealand 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 18-Nov | 1st T20 | Wellington |
| 20-Nov | 2nd T20 | Mount Maunganui |
| 22-Nov | 3rd T20 | Napier |
| 25-Nov | 1st ODI | Auckland |
| 27-Nov | 2nd ODI | Hamilton |
| 30-Nov | 3rd ODI | Christchurch |
India tour of Bangladesh 2022
After the tour of New Zealand, the Indian team will go on a tour of Bangladesh. First the team will play a three-match ODI series, then will play a two-match Test series. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli will return to the team from this series. At the same time, Hardik has been rested in this series. Rohit Sharma will captain in both the ODI and Test series against Bangladesh. While, KL Rahul will be the vice-captain.
Team India for ODI series against Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal.
Team India for Test Series Against Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Full schedule of India’s tour of Bangladesh 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 04-December | 1st ODI | Dhaka |
| 07-December | 2nd ODI | Dhaka |
| 10-December | 3rd ODI | Dhaka |
| 14-18 December | 1st Test | Chittagong |
| 22-26 December | 2nd Test | Dhaka |
