IND vs NZ: 3 Deserving Indian Players Who Missed Out On The T20 Squad

IND vs NZ: 3 Deserving Indian Players Who Missed Out On The T20 Squad. The New Selection committee led by Chetan Sharma has picked India’s T20I squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand (IND vs NZ). All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been appointed as the captain of the T20I side with senior players including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul being rested for the series.

The new selection committee was announced a few days ago with Chetan Sharma being retained by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the BCCI interviewing more than a dozen of candidates last week. Notably, Jasprit Bumrah is still missing from all the squads announced by the BCCI for the New Zealand series.

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Kuldeep Yadav who has given amazing performances in recent Test (against Bangladesh) and ODI (against Sri Lanka), has been called up in the T20Is against New Zealand.

India is set to play New Zealand in a three-match ODI and three-match T20 series. The ODI series will commence from 18^th January onwards in Hyderabad and will then move to Raipur and Indore on January 21 and 24 respectively.

The T20I series will start on the 27 of January in Ranchi. It will then move to Lucknow and Ahmedabad on January 29 and February 1 respectively for the remaining matches.

IND vs NZ: 3 Deserving Indian Players Who Missed Out On The T20 Squad

Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar received his maiden ODI call-up to the Indian squad for the three-match ODI series against South Africa.  From being Madhya Pradesh’s leading run-scorer with 713 runs in eight matches in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy to the lows of IPL 2021, where he could score only 71 runs in four matches for RCB, Rajat Patidar has seen it all.

Rajat Patidar was expected to get married on May 9 after he went unsold in IPL 2022 mega auction following his poor return in the previous season. However, after Luvnith Sisodia was ruled with an injury, he was named as a replacement by RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore).

As fate had it, he went on to amass 333 runs in seven innings, scoring at 55.50 with a splendid strike rate of 152.75. The 28-year-old slammed an unbeaten 112 off just 54 balls at a strike rate of over 207 for Bangalore against Lucknow in IPL 2022. His breathtaking knock was studded with 12 fours and 7 sixes. The deserving Indian batter missed out on selection for the New Zealand T20Is in 2023.

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravi Bishnoi has made an excellent start to his T20I career, coming up with impactful performances whenever called upon. The 22-year-old has played 10 matches in the shortest format, in which he has scalped 16 wickets at an economy rate of 7.09.

Bishnoi has scalped at least one wicket in all but one game and has conceded more than 30 runs only once. He also has four two-wicket hauls and one four-fer, having bowled his full quota of overs in all games except the one in which he picked up four.

He averages a mere 17.13 with the ball but his last T20I match came in Asia Cup 2022 against Pakistan after which he wasn’t considered. The deserving Indian leg spinner missed out on selection for the IND vs NZ T20Is in 2023.

Rahul Tewatia

An all-rounder, and hard-hitting finisher, Rahul Tewatia was picked up by the Gujarat Titans for INR 9 crore at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. He scored 217 runs averaging 31 at a strike rate of 147.62 in 16 IPL 2022 games but failed to pick a wicket.

Earlier, Rahul Tewatia was traded to Rajasthan Royals from Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2020. Rahul Tewatia made his IPL debut with RR in 2014 and set the stage on fire for RR in IPL 2020. The left-handed batsman scored 255 runs which included a memorable 31-ball 53-run blitz where he hit 5 sixes in an over and scalped 10 wickets in IPL 2020.

Rahul Tewatia failed to make his debut for the Indian team in March against England. Although, he was included in the five-match T20I series against England, unfortunately, he failed to clear the fitness test twice. His career can be revamped by a new selection committee. He missed out on selection in the IND vs NZ T20Is though.

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