Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill picked for NZ ODIs

Shreyas Iyer will make his return to India's ODI squad as the team's vice-captain for the three-match series against New Zealand. His selection though is subject to receiving a fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence following a spleen injury sustained while fielding during a match against Australia in Sydney last October.

India squad:Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (vc)*, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal

*Subject to fitness clearance

Shubman Gill himself will return to lead the side after missing the ODI series against South Africa last month due to a neck injury picked up during the Kolkata Test. The return of the two senior batters has meant that Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Varma have had to make way, this despite both scoring a century each in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Rishabh Pant holds on to his spot in the squad as the second 'keeper behind KL Rahul with Dhruv Jurel now left out.

The most significant absentee is Hardik Pandya, who has not been deemed fit to bowl his full quota of 10 overs by the CoE. With the T20 World Cup starting next month, the selectors have opted to manage his workload carefully, ruling him out of this series.

The pace attack sees a return for Mohammed Siraj with Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana joining him. The spin department will be led by Kuldeep Yadav along with all-rounders Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja, the latter holding on to his place having lost to Axar Patel in Australia.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who recently featured for their domestic sides in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy, will continue to feature in the only international format they're still active in with Yashasvi Jaiswal providing cover for the top-order. Nitish Kumar Reddy has also been included in the 15-member squad.