Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi added to India’s squad for New Zealand T20I series
Shreyas Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi were, on Friday, added to India’s squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand.
While Shreyas was named as Tilak Varma’s replacement for the first three matches of the series, leg-spinner Bishnoi replaced all-rounder Washington Sundar in the squad.
Tilak underwent surgery for an abdominal issue earlier this month and will miss the first three games of the T20I series against the Kiwis. “His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the return-to-training and skill phases,” a BCCI press release stated.
Meanwhile, Washington was ruled out of the T20Is against the Kiwis after suffering a side strain during the first ODI against the same opposition. The injury forced the spin-bowling all-rounder to miss the second ODI and was replaced in the squad by Ayush Badoni for the rest of the 50-over series.
India’s updated T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Shreyas Iyer (first three T20Is), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vc), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravi Bishnoi.
More to follow…
Published on Jan 16, 2026
