Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have been rested from India's tour of New Zealand in November, with Hardik Pandya and Shikhar Dhawan named captains of the T20I and ODI squads respectively.
Rishabh Pant has been named vice-captain for the entire tour that is set to begin with the T20Is on November 18, five days after the T20 World Cup final in Australia. Neither Jasprit Bumrah nor Ravindra Jadeja, both of whom missed the T20 World Cup because of injuries, were picked for the tour.
Dhawan's selection as ODI captain, chief selector Chetan Sharma said, was another indicator of his place in India's 50-overs plans in the immediate future, especially with the next World Cup in India exactly a year away. Dhawan most recently led India's second-string ODI squad in a home series against South Africa last month.
Though Rohit, Kohli and Rahul are skipping the trip to New Zealand, as many as eight players from the T20 World Cup squad are going: Hardik, Pant, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh have been selected for the T20Is in New Zealand.
Among those who could consider themselves unlucky to miss out, especially with the senior players rested, is opener Prithvi Shaw. The Mumbai batter has played a key role in the team's journey to the knockouts of the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s, topping their run-charts with a tally of 285 in seven innings at a strike rate of 191.27.
Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-squad-for-new-zealand-tour-2022-hardik-pandya-to-captain-in-t20is-shikhar-dhawan-to-lead-in-odis-1342588
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