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Key players missing as India name limited-overs squad for New Zealand series

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India have handed a return to Prithvi Shaw, fresh off a triple hundred in the Ranji Trophy, in the T20I team for the series against New Zealand while KS Bharat was named as wicketkeeper for the ODI squad.

Hardik Pandya will continue to lead the T20I side which has a familiar group of players. However, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will only be present in the ODI squad.

KL Rahul and Axar Patel were unavailable due to family commitments. Shahbaz Ahmed returns to the ODI team as does Shardul Thakur while Arshdeep Singh has been ignored in the ODI squad.

The T20I squad retains Jitesh Sharma, who was called up for the injured Sanju Samson during the Sri Lanka series. Shaw is the only major inclusion in the squad with Harshal Patel, who was in the team for the Sri Lanka series, missing out on selection.

The likes of Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi and Rahul Tripathi retain their places in the T20I squad.

ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.

**T20I squad:**Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar.