This player's luck suddenly opened in Team India, included in ODI team for the first time

India VS New Zealand Odi Series: Team India is going to play 3 ODIs against New Zealand from January 18 and T20 series of the same number of matches. Rohit Sharma will lead the team in the ODI series and Hardik Pandya has been made the captain for the T20 series. For this ODI series, Indian selectors have taken a big decision shockingly. The selectors have included a young player in the ODI team. This player has been continuously becoming a part of the Test team for some time now.

This player joined the ODI team for the first time

Young wicketkeeper KS Bharat has been included in Team India for the ODI series against New Zealand. Earlier KS Bharat was able to make his place only in the Test team. However, he has not yet been able to make his debut for Team India. KS Bharat is kept in the team as a backup wicketkeeper in the Test team.

Got wicketkeeping opportunity in one match

KS Bharat has also done wicketkeeping in a match for Team India. KS Bharat attracted everyone's attention by handling wicketkeeping as a substitute in place of injured Wriddhiman Saha in a Test match. KS Bharat looks better than Rishabh Pant in wicketkeeping skills. KS Bharat recently performed brilliantly in the unofficial Test played between India A and New Zealand A.

Performance in domestic cricket so far

KS Bharat plays for the Andhra Pradesh team in domestic cricket. KS Bharat played his debut match in the year 2013. He scored 4707 runs in 86 first class matches. During this, he scored 9 centuries and 27 half-centuries. While List A has scored 1950 runs in 64 matches. He scored 5 centuries and 5 half-centuries in this format.

Team India for ODI series against New Zealand

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami , Mohammad Siraj, Umran Malik.

Team India for T20 series against New Zealand

Hardik Pandya (captain), Suryakumar Yadav (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik , Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar.