In next 24 hours, white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma will be named the captain of India’s T20 squad starting with this series against New Zealand. Sharma will also be named the captain for India’s first Test match against New Zealand.
Current Test captain Virat Kohli is taking a break for the first Test and will return to the squad in the second Test match in Mumbai and take charge. Kohli is also expected to take a break during the T20s against New Zealand.
Current vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, who suffered a drop in form during the tour of England, will continue to remain the vice-captain. KL Rahul will be named the vice-captain in the T20 series.
Jaipur, Ranchi and Kolkata will host the first three T20 Internationals while Kanpur and Mumbai will host the two Test matches.
Some senior players in the squad – Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Shami for instance – might be given rest for the T20s. Varun Chakravarthy will likely make way for Harshal Patel, who has been impressive in the IPL the last two seasons but was ignored for the T20 World Cup.
Shreyas Iyer, who found himself missing from the T20 World Cup squad, is also likely to find his way back in.
Cousins Deepak and Rahul Chahar might find themselves part of the squad. Rest of the squads are expected to retain themselves.
