New Zealand names initial nine members for ODI against India
The New Zealand ODI squad will take on India next month.
As per the New Zealand Cricket website, six more players to be added to the squad from the New Zealand A team which is currently touring India.
The two sides will square off in three ODIs, the first of which will be in Mumbai on 22 October. Three Twenty20s will follow the series, with the squad for this to be announced when the remainder of the ODI team is named.
The members of the squad is given below:
Kane Williamson (c) - Northern Districts
Trent Boult - Northern Districts
Colin de Grandhomme – Auckland
Martin Guptill - Auckland
Tom Latham - Canterbury
Adam Milne - Central Districts
Mitchell Santner - Northern Districts
Tim Southee - Northern Districts
Ross Taylor - Central Districts
Coach Mike Hesson confirmed the remaining six players would come from the New Zealand A side currently touring India.
“The nine we’ve picked have made up the core of our ODI team for a while and all of them have experience playing in India,” said Hesson to the website.
Hesson said that while Jimmy Neesham and Neil Broom had missed out on this squad, they still had the opportunity to push their way back into the side for the home summer.
“It will be disappointing for James and Neil, but we’ve talked through the areas that we’d like to see them work on and if we see development they’ll certainly both come into the reckoning come the home summer," Hesson said.
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