Prasidh to miss New Zealand ODIs as he recovers from hamstring injury

October 30, 2026
12:53 pm

Prasidh, who is recovering from a left hamstring injury, “will need additional time to build up the workload required to be ready for matches,” the BCCI said in a statement. “[Skipping the ODIs] will give him an opportunity to gain match practice and prepare for the Test series.” The two-Test series will begin on November 19 after the ODIs run from November 4 to November 15.

No replacement for Prasidh, who went out after bowling five overs in the second ODI against West Indies in Guwahati on September 30, has been named. The squad is already without Jasprit Bumrah, who will only be playing the Test series. He is, however, expected to play the last four-day match between New Zealand A and India A too.

Nitish Kumar Reddy, meanwhile, will stay with the ODI squad for the first game, on November 4, and then link up with the A squad for the final four-day game, from November 7, “which will help him gain match practice” for the Test series,” the BCCI said. He had originally been named for the entire ODI series but, with the Test series crucial for India from the point of view of the WTC, game time with the red ball is likely to help him more.

India squad for the first three ODIs vs New Zealand

Shubman Gill (capt) Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-capt), KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan (wk), Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy (only for first ODI)

India squad for fourth and fifth ODIs vs New Zealand

Shreyas Iyer (capt), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (vice-capt, wk), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav

India A squad for the second four-dayer vs New Zealand A

Yashasvi Jaiswal, B Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Rathod, R Smaran, Dhruv Jurel (capt, wk), Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Shikhar Mohan, Mukesh Choudhary, Mukesh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra (wk)