{"id":389525,"date":"2026-01-03T18:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389525\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T18:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:51:07","slug":"shreyas-iyer-mohammed-siraj-return-as-india-name-squad-for-new-zealand-odis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389525\/","title":{"rendered":"Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj return as India name squad for New Zealand ODIs"},"content":{"rendered":"

India vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has been recalled to the ODI squad for the upcoming three-match home series against New Zealand, subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence. Iyer has been sidelined since October after sustaining a spleen injury while fielding during the tour of Australia and is yet to return to competitive cricket.<\/p>\n

Shubman Gill will lead the side, marking his return to ODI cricket after missing the South Africa series due to a neck spasm<\/a> picked up during the Kolkata Test. While Gill has already returned to action in the T20Is against South Africa, Iyer’s availability is subject to fitness clearance from BCCI.<\/p>\n

Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj also makes his way back into the ODI setup after being overlooked for the South Africa series. Siraj last played an ODI during the Australia tour and has since remained part of the Test squad, while also turning out for Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.<\/p>\n

Gill, Iyer and Siraj replace Tilak Varma, Dhruv Jurel and Ruturaj Gaikwad from the squad that beat South Africa 2-1. While Tilak and Jurel did not feature in that series, Gaikwad impressed with a century from No. 4 in Raipur in one of his two innings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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India’s batting group includes Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, with KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant named as the wicketkeeping options. Rahul had led the side during the South Africa ODIs, while Pant has retained his spot despite reports suggesting he could be dropped<\/a>. The all-round department features Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy, while Kuldeep Yadav is the lone specialist wrist-spinner in the squad.<\/p>\n

The pace attack comprises Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana. Both Gill and Iyer are expected to get match practice in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on January 6 before the national squad assembles. Gill missed Punjab’s previous match due to food poisoning but is likely to play against Goa, while Iyer is expected to represent Mumbai against Himachal Pradesh in Jaipur.<\/p>\n

Hardik Pandya is the most notable absentee, with the selectors opting to manage his workload ahead of the T20 World Cup starting February 7. The BCCI confirmed that Pandya has not yet been cleared to bowl his full quota of 10 overs, prompting his exclusion from the series. Nitish Kumar Reddy continues as his like-for-like replacement, having increased his bowling workload in domestic cricket, including opening the attack for Andhra.<\/p>\n

Despite strong performances in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, several players have missed out, including Sarfaraz Khan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Mohammed Shami, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel. India have opted for a spin combination of one specialist spinner and two spin-bowling all-rounders, with Kuldeep leading the attack alongside Jadeja and Sundar. Axar’s omission could indicate a clearer role for him in the T20I setup following his elevation as vice-captain in that format.<\/p>\n

India squad: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal<\/p>\n

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Published By: <\/p>\n

Saurabh Kumar<\/p>\n

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Jan 3, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has been recalled to the ODI squad for the upcoming three-match home series against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,208589,113338,208591,208585,208590,208587,10535,208586,208588,85],"class_list":["post-389525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-hardik-pandya-rested","tag-india-odi-squad","tag-india-vs-new-zealand-odis","tag-india-vs-new-zealand-series","tag-jasprit-bumrah-rested","tag-mohammed-siraj-returns","tag-rishabh-pant","tag-shreyas-iyer-return","tag-shubman-gill-captain","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}