Veteran India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Tuesday returned to the national side nearly four years since his last appearance for the upcoming five-match T20I series, to be played in New Zealand later this month.

The squad announced by the BCCI — first after the exit of former chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar and with Pragyan Ojha as interim chair — also has Varun Chakravarthy making a comeback after an injury had ruled him out of the Asian Games.