MEDIA ADVISORY
October 6, 2026
India and India A squads for New Zealand tour announced
The Men’s Selection Committee has announced India and India A squads for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. India will play five T20Is, while India A will play three Multi-Day matches against New Zealand A. The squad for the ODIs and Test series will be announced later
India’s T20I Squad: Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson [WK], Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav
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India tour of New Zealand – T20I series fixtures |
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No. |
Day |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
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1 |
Thu |
22-Oct-26 |
1st T20I |
Christchurch |
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2 |
Sat |
24-Oct-26 |
2nd T20I |
Christchurch |
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3 |
Tue |
27-Oct-26 |
3rd T20I |
Wellington |
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4 |
Fri |
30-Oct-26 |
4th T20I |
Auckland |
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5 |
Sun |
01-Nov-26 |
5th T20I |
Hamilton |
India A squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Smaran, Rishabh Pant* [WK], Dhruv Jurel [C] [WK], Washington Sundar, Auqib Nabi, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Manav Suthar, Mukesh Choudhary, Sai Sudarsan, Yash Rathod, Mukesh Kumar
Note: * Subject to fitness
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1 |
Sat |
24-Oct-26 |
Tue |
27-Oct-26 |
1st Multi Day |
Lincoln |
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2 |
Sat |
31-Oct-26 |
Tue |
03-Nov-26 |
2nd Multi Day |
Christchurch |
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3 |
Sat |
07-Nov-26 |
Tue |
10-Nov-26 |
3rd Multi Day |
Lincoln |
DEVAJIT SAIKIA
Honorary Secretary
BCCI