India T20 Squad for New Zealand: The BCCI has announced Team India for the T20 series against New Zealand. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has returned to the Indian team after four years.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns to Team India

The BCCI has announced Team India's squad for the T20 series against New Zealand. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has returned to the Indian team after four years. Bhuvneshwar Kumar last played for Team India against New Zealand in November 2022, and now he will be making his comeback against New Zealand.

A BCCI meeting was held at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday. The squad decision was made at that meeting. Interim Chief Selector Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Shiv Sunder Das, Ajay Ratra, and BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia were also present. The India A squad for the New Zealand tour was also selected at the same meeting. India A will play three multi-day matches on the tour. The series begins on October 24th.

India's T20I squad for the New Zealand series: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dheer, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav

The New Zealand tour will last for 40 days.

The Indian cricket team's tour of New Zealand will last 40 days. The tour begins on October 22nd, with a five-match T20I series. Varun Chakravarthy, who was injured during the T20I series against Afghanistan, will also be making his comeback in the New Zealand T20I series.

India-New Zealand T20 series schedule

22 October - 1st T20 - Christchurch

24 October - 2nd T20 - Christchurch

October 27 - 3rd T20 - Wellington

October 30 - 4th T20 - Auckland

November 1 - 5th T20I - Hamilton