India Squad For New Zealand Tour Splits ODI Captaincy

India will carry two one-day captains to New Zealand. The India squad for the New Zealand tour, released by the BCCI on Friday, gives Shubman Gill the first three ODIs and Shreyas Iyer the last two. Gill also leads the two-match Test side. Jasprit Bumrah is named for the Tests only.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in both ODI squads. Kumar Kushagra gets a first India call-up. Ravindra Jadeja and Yashasvi Jaiswal are in the Test squad but absent from both one-day groups. The ODI series opens in Auckland on 4 November. The first Test starts in Wellington on 19 November.

The handover after the third ODI

Gill and KL Rahul leave the one-day leg once the third match in Hamilton is done, turning to Test preparation. Iyer is vice-captain for the opening three games. He takes the armband for the two matches in Mount Maunganui. Ishan Kishan becomes his deputy there and keeps wicket.

Rahul keeps wicket for the first three ODIs. Kishan is named in all five. The split hands India two settled leadership groups inside a single series.

Both ODI squads in full

First three matches

• Shubman Gill (captain), Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna (subject to fitness clearance)

Final two matches

• Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ishan Kishan (vice-captain, wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav

Fitness clauses on Pant and Prasidh

Rishabh Pant is in the Test squad subject to fitness clearance. Prasidh Krishna carries the same condition for the first three ODIs and is named in the Test group as well. Dhruv Jurel is the other wicketkeeping option for the Tests. Akash Deep returns to the Test squad.

Bumrah appears in neither ODI squad. Only three players are named in all three squads: Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Gurnoor Brar is in both ODI groups but misses the Tests.

Bumrah, Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna and Anshul Kamboj are the seam options in the Test squad. Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar are the spinners. Sai Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal give Gill two further top-order choices alongside Jaiswal and Rahul.

Kushagra and Tilak Varma enter the one-day group

Kushagra is picked as a wicketkeeper for the fourth and fifth ODIs. It is his first India selection. Tilak Varma comes into the same group. According to Aaj Tak, Varma last played a 50-over international in December 2025.

Auqib Nabi and Yash Thakur are the other two additions for Mount Maunganui. Neither is named for the Tests. Anshul Kamboj moves the other way, holding a place in the Test squad and the first ODI group.

Seven matches from 4 November

• 1st ODI, 4 November, Auckland
• 2nd ODI, 7 November, Wellington
• 3rd ODI, 10 November, Hamilton
• 4th ODI, 13 November, Mount Maunganui
• 5th ODI, 15 November, Mount Maunganui
• 1st Test, 19 November, Wellington
• 2nd Test, 27 November, Christchurch

The two Tests are eight days apart. Gill leads in both formats. Iyer's first match in charge is at Mount Maunganui on 13 November.