India vs New Zealand ODI Series 2026: The Indian cricket team is starting the year 2026 on the field with a series against New Zealand. This time Kiwis are coming as guests on India tour. There is to be a series of 3 ODI and 5 T20I matches. Once again the pair of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is going to be seen in blue jersey. The Indian squad for the T20 International series has been announced. At the same time, New Zealand has selected its team for both the formats. Now Indian fans are waiting for the team to be announced for the ODI series.

The bat of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will roar

Team India's two veteran players, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, are in excellent form at the moment. Runs are coming out like fire from both their bats. Hitman had scored a brilliant century in the last ODI on the tour of Australia. Before that, he had played half-century innings in 2 matches. Recently, he has batted well in the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. At the same time, Virat Prachanda is in form. After gaining momentum in Australia, he is scoring runs continuously. Has scored 2 consecutive centuries against Africa. Virat and Rohit also scored centuries in Vijay Hazare Trophy. In such a situation, New Zealand will also have an eye on both of them.

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Who will be out of the series against New Zealand?

Making the squad for the 3-match ODI series against New Zealand has become a big headache for the selectors. Especially Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill were out of the three-match ODI series against South Africa. Jasprit Bumrah will also come into the team. Both were not playing due to injuries. In such a situation, he is ready to make a comeback against New Zealand. Now with the arrival of both of them, it may become difficult for Rituraj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna and Tilak Verma to remain in the team. All three can be excluded. However, Ruturaj scored a century in the last ODI against South Africa.

Possible 15 member squad of Team India: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.

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