The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has intensified its preparations for the upcoming international matches. In this series, BCCI has officially announced Team India for the much awaited T20 International series to be played against New Zealand. The biggest attraction in this new selection list is the explosive return of experienced and veteran fast bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to the Indian team after almost four years. An important meeting of the BCCI selection committee was held at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday, in which this squad was finalised. Interim Chief Selector Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Shiv Sunder Das, Ajay Ratra and BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia were prominently present in this high-level meeting. In the same meeting, the 'India A' team going on New Zealand tour was also selected, which has to play three multi-day matches there. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's return to Team India after 4 years. Right-arm swing king Bhuvneshwar Kumar played his last T20 match for India against New Zealand in November 2022 and now once again his comeback has been decided by the series against the Kiwis. Bhuvneshwar has been rewarded for his consistently excellent performance in domestic cricket and other competitions for some time now. His return will provide great strength to the Indian bowling attack, especially in the powerplay overs. Apart from this, Varun Chakraborty is also returning to the team in this series, who was recently out due to injury during the series against Afghanistan. India's squad for the T20 series against New Zealand The 16-member strong Indian team announced by BCCI is as follows: Shreyas Iyer (captain) Abhishek Sharma Vaibhav Suryavanshi Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper) Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper) Tilak Verma (vice-captain) Axar Patel Shivam Dubey Nitish Kumar Reddy Naman Dheer Prince Yadav Mayank Yadav Arshdeep Singh Bhuvneshwar Kumar Varun Chakraborty Kuldeep Yadav's entire New Zealand tour will be for 40 days and schedule of matches. This upcoming New Zealand tour of the Indian cricket team will be for a total of 40 days, which is going to start from 22 October 2026. The tour will first begin with an exciting five-match T20 series. The complete schedule of all the matches played between the two teams is as follows: First T20 match: 22 October – Christchurch Second T20 match: 24 October – Christchurch Third T20 match: 27 October – Wellington Fourth T20 match: 30 October – Auckland Fifth T20 match: 1 November – Hamilton With this balanced mix of young and experienced players, Team India once again maintained its dominance on foreign soil. Fully ready to do.
