Gill to Captain First Three ODIs in New Zealand, Iyer Takes Over for Last Two

The BCCI has named India's squads for the five-match ODI series in New Zealand. The announcement came on Friday, October 16. Shubman Gill will captain the side in the first three ODIs, with Shreyas Iyer as vice-captain. Iyer will then take over as captain for the fourth and fifth ODIs. Ishan Kishan will be his vice-captain.

The captaincy changes hands because Gill will leave after the third match to prepare for the Test series. India have picked two separate 16-player squads to cover this. Gill is the world No. 1 ODI batter on 841 rating points. Iyer also leads India's T20I side on this tour.

Squad for ODIs 1-3: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan (wk), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.

Squad for ODIs 4-5: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (vc, wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav.

Twelve players are in both squads. Four leave after the third ODI. They are Gill, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj and Prasidh Krishna. Four come in for the last two games. They are Tilak Varma, Auqib Nabi, Kumar Kushagra and Yash Thakur. Rahul keeps wicket in the first three matches. Kishan and Kushagra are the wicketkeepers in the last two.

Prasidh Krishna's place in the first three ODIs is subject to fitness clearance. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in both squads. Jasprit Bumrah is not part of either ODI group. He is in the Test squad, which the BCCI also announced.

New Zealand have named their own split squads, with Mitchell Santner as captain. Here are the ODI fixtures.

The tour begins with five T20Is from October 22. The first Test starts on November 19 in Wellington.