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Indian team For The Three-Match ODI Series Against NZ Announced:- The Indian team for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand was announced by the MSK Prasad-led selection committee on Saturday.

The likes of Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav, were not picked while the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and R Ashwin continued to be sidelined. Shami and Yadav were a part of Indian squad for the ODI series against Australia. Ravindra Jadeja, could not find a place in the 15-man squad for the New Zealand ODIs. After Axar Patel was injured during the India-Australia ODI series, Jadeja was brought into the Indian squad.

Meanwhile, Dinesh Karthik and Mumbai speedster Shardul Thakur have made a comeback to the Indian squad. Karthik was in the squad for the three-match Twenty20 series against Australia. Shikhar Dhawan, too is back in the squad. The squad will be led by Virat Kohli.

On October 22, the three-match ODI series will start, whereas the second and third match will be hosted by Pune (October 25) and Kanpur (October 29) respectively.

Indian squad for the three-match ODI series:

- Virat Kohli (Captain)

- Rohit Sharma (vice-captain)

- Shikhar Dhawan

- Ajinkya Rahane

- Manish Pandey

- Kedar Jadhav

- Dinesh Karthik

- MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper)

- Hardik Pandya

- Axar Patel

- Kuldeep Yadav

- Yuzvendra Chahal

- Jasprit Bumrah

- Bhuvneshwar Kumar and

- Shardul Thakur.

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