Shreyas Iyer out, Ruturaj gets a chance, Ishaan, Shami and Siraj return, Indian team for 3rd ODI against New Zealand

The Indian team is currently on rest after winning the ODI and T20 series against South Africa and is busy preparing for the ODI series against New Zealand. India also has to play a T20 series against New Zealand, keeping in mind the T20 World Cup 2026 (ICC T20 World Cup 2026), some players can be given rest from the ODI series.

Team India has not been announced yet for the ODI series, but before that the Indian team has suffered a big blow and the team’s vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has not been able to recover from the injury. In such a situation, he is now out of the series.

Shubman Gill captain, Shreyas Iyer out due to injury, Rituraj gets a chance

Indian team’s regular captain Shubman Gill is going to return against New Zealand. Indian team captain Shubman Gill was out of the ODI series against South Africa due to injury. However, he is going to return to Team India as captain in the ODI series against New Zealand.

At the same time, BCCI’s report regarding Indian team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has come that he has not yet fully recovered from the injury, hence he will not be a part of the ODI series against New Zealand. Once again Rituraj Gaikwad is to be given a chance in place of Shreyas Iyer. Before this, Rituraj Gaikwad had scored a century in one of the two matches against South Africa, so it is certain that he will play.

Shami, Siraj and Ishan Kishan return to Team India after a long time

Mohammed Shami, who is out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in the Indian team, may return to Team India for this series, while apart from him, Mohammed Siraj can also be given a chance in the ODI series. Both these players can be included in Team India in place of Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah.

Ishan Kishan, who won the trophy for Jharkhand in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has been given a chance in Team India’s T20 series against New Zealand and the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Ishan Kishan has also performed brilliantly in List A and Vijay Hazare, so there is talk of giving him a chance in place of Rishabh Pant.

Possible Team India for ODI series against New Zealand

Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ramandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.