<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-nz-team-india-hardik-pandya-suffers-fresh-shin-injury-out-of-new-zealand-series-23651949" rel="nofollow">Team India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya</a> sustained a fresh injury to his right shin. Following the injury, he is likely to be ruled out of the white-ball series against New Zealand.
Speaking on JioStar, former Team India's cricketer Sunil Gavaskar said that Pandya is irreplaceable. He also said that the Indian board should try finding someone who can do a slightly different job.
"We sometimes get a little bit carried away with trying to find a replacement for Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya is irreplaceable. If you can't find somebody of his calibre, then go with somebody who will do a slightly different job," he said.
The five-match <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-wi-5th-t20i-will-shreyas-iyer-led-team-be-able-to-crush-west-indies-shai-hope-of-clinching-the-series-23655396" rel="nofollow">T20I</a> series between the teams will begin from October 22, with the first match scheduled to be played at Hagley Park South in the central city of Christchurch. The first match of the five-match ODI series will be played on November 4 at the Eden Park in Auckland. The two-match Test series between Team India and New Zealand will begin from November 19 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Meanwhile, New Zealand has named a split ODI squad for the series against the "Men in Blue".
Recently, the "Men in Blue" concluded the five-match T20I series against the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/shivnarine-chanderpaul-hails-west-indies-fight-vs-india-lauds-shai-hope-23655618" rel="nofollow">West Indies</a>. Both teams shared the honours as rain abandoned the fifth match in Bengaluru.
It will be interesting to see if Team India manages to secure victory in the white-ball series against New Zealand. Ahead of the series, the cricket fans will be excited to see veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in action. Following his impressive performances in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/bhuvneshwar-kumar-eyes-india-comeback-after-back-to-back-ipl-titles-with-rcb-23650102" rel="nofollow">Indian Premier League (IPL)</a>, he has earned a call-up to the Indian team.
<h2>IND vs NZ T20Is: Full squads</h2>
India: Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma (VC), Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav.
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Matt Henry, Glenn Phillips, Zak Foulkes, Michael Bracewell, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner (C), Bevon Jacobs, Jacob Duffy, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Seifert, Mark Chapman, Kyle Jamieson, Devon Conway, Nathan Smith, Lockie Ferguson.
(With PTI Inputs)

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