Ishan Kishan is expected to be back in the squad
After impressing with his fastest double hundred, Ishan did not get the chance to feature in playing eleven against Sri Lanka. But the absence of K L Rahul in the upcoming series can create a chance for Kishan, who can keeps the ball. Shubman Gill who was rewarded for his superb performance against the Sri Lanka will be ahead in the race of opening the innings along side skipper Rohit Sharma. Ishan can be placed in the middle over. Another wicket-keeper batter K S Bharat got his maiden ODI call up.Surya can replace Shreyas Iyer
The number one batter in T20i format Suryakumar Yadav is still to find his place in ODI squad. The absence of Shreyas Iyer due to back injury can be boon for SKY. The dashing middle-order batter only played the final ODI match again Sri Lanka. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav will give strong middle-order to the Indian with their firework performace. Read More :-ICC TEST RANKINGS: TEAM INDIA GRABS HIGHEST SPOT IN TEST RANKINGSquad:
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Rajat Patidar, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Finn Allen, Doug Bracewell [for Matt Henry], Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner.