Bhuvneshwar Kumar Returns After Four Years as India Name T20I Squad for New Zealand

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been recalled to India's T20I squad for the tour of New Zealand after almost four years away. The fast bowler last played a T20I for India in November 2022.

The BCCI named a 16-man squad on Tuesday, led by Shreyas Iyer: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar, Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav. Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar miss out.

The five T20Is start on 22 October in Christchurch, followed by matches in Christchurch (24 October), Wellington (27 October), Auckland (30 October) and Hamilton (1 November).