Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir (BCCI Photo) MUMBAI: The Indian team for the five-match ODI series for India's upcoming tour of New Zealand will be picked “in the next two-three days,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told TOI on Wednesday.“We will select India’s ODI team in the next two or three days,” Saikia told this paper.It's understood that pacers Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana will undergo a Return to Play (RTP) tests on Oct 24 or 26 at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, after which the selectors are likely to announce the Indian team for the two-Test series, set to start in Wellington from Nov 19.
Watch Sanju Samson press conference: On India's loss vs West Indies and the turning moment On Thursday, both the Indian men’s and women’s teams will be felicitated by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi following their gold medal-winning campaigns at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan.The Pragyan Ojha-led selection committee has already picked India’s T20I squad for the five-match T20I series in New Zealand, which will start from Oct 22.
The five-match ODI series will start on Nov 4 in Auckland.
It's understood that Ojha met Team India captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir, celebrating his 45th birthday, in Hyderabad on Wednesday, for the first time since the BCCI asked him to take over as the interim chairman of the national selection committee.
