Prasidh Krishna ruled out of New Zealand ODI series; Siraj to join India A
India's five-match ODI series begins in Auckland on November 4, with Shubman Gill captaining the first three games.
Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of India's five-match one-day international series in New Zealand. His place in the squad for the first three matches had depended on a fitness clearance. Mohammed Siraj will join the India A squad for the second four-day match against New Zealand A, which starts on Saturday.
The series
The ODI series opens in Auckland on November 4. The fourth and fifth matches are at Mount Maunganui on November 13 and 15.
Shubman Gill captains India in the first three ODIs before leaving to prepare for the Test series, which he will also lead with KL Rahul as vice-captain. Shreyas Iyer, vice-captain for the opening games, takes charge for the last two.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in the ODI squads. Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the ODIs but is in the Test squad, and Ravindra Jadeja has been left out of the one-day side. Anshul Kamboj is picked for the first three matches, and Kumar Kushagra joins for the last two.
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