After an unfortunate T20 World Cup for India, India will be playing against New Zealand in the T20 Series which is starting from 17th November. This series is too important for the Indian Side because in this series you will be seeing some big changes.
Head Coach: Ravi Shastri Rahul Dravid
Captain: Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma
These are the two positions that will be changing. A new coach and a new captain can change the whole playing style of the team and this will also happen to India. Many new IPL stars of the previous season will be also seeing in this series. Virat Kohli will not be playing this series.
Full Squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj
This is the whole T20 squad of India against New Zealand. Mohammad Siraj has also been picked in this squad and KKR's Venkatesh Iyer, who has changed the luck of his team in ipl and made it to the finals, had also been picked. Chahal will be a comeback. IPL 2021's purple cap holder Harshal Patel has also been picked in the squad along with Delhi Capitals' Avesh Khan who was a tough contender after Harshal Patel in the IPL.
#OPINION: But selecting IPL players with just an experience of a few years is not a good thing as we had already seen in the T20 World Cup this year. Despite this, India should go for more experienced players with experience of at least 3-4 years in ipl and domestic cricket. Many experienced, as well as talented Indian players, are not getting chances like Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, and Nitish Rana. Even Suryakumar Yadav has got a chance in the Indian team after a lot of consistent cricket. This is a thing that BCCI selectors must take a look.
Now let's take a look at the whole Schedule for this series.
Date Match Venue
17th Nov 2021 1st T20 Jaipur
19th Nov 2021 2nd T20 Ranchi
21st Nov 2021 3rd T20 Kolkata
So this is the whole squad and schedule for the India - New Zealand Series that is to be held after the world cup t20 in November. Hope for the best in this series.