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Finn Allen

Tim Seifert (W)

Daryl Mitchell

Glenn Phillips

Bevon Jacobs

Michael Bracewell

Mitchell Santner (C)

Nathan Smith

Matt Henry

Adam Milne

Lockie Ferguson

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Abhishek Sharma

Sanju Samson (W)

Ishan Kishan

Shreyas Iyer (C)

Tilak Varma

Nitish Kumar Reddy

Naman Dhir

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Arshdeep Singh

Mayank Yadav

Anshul Kamboj

Ashok Sharma

Auqib Nabi

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh

Devdutt Babunu Padikkal

Dhruv Chand Jurel

Gurnoor Singh Brar

Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Kuldeep Yadav

Manav Jagdusakumar Suthar

Mayank Prabhu Yadav

Mohammed Siraj

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Prince Yadav

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Saransh Subodh Jain

Shivam Dube

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shubman Singh Gill

Suryansh Prashant Shedge

Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Virat Kohli

Washington Sundar

Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal

Yash Ravisingh Thakur

Adam Fraser Milne

Benjamin George Lister

Benjamin Vincent Sears

Bevon-John Jacobs

Blair Marshall Tickner

Cole Edward McConchie

Dane Cleaver

Daryl Joseph Mitchell

Dean Foxcroft

Devon Philip Conway

Finnley Hugh Allen

Glenn Dominic Phillips

Henry Michael Nicholls

Inderbir Singh Sodhi

Jacob Andrew Duffy

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

Jayden Richard Lennox

Joshua Andrew Clarkson

Kane Stuart Williamson

Katene Dalton Clarke

Kristian David Charles Clarke

Kyle Alex Jamieson

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Mark Sinclair Chapman

Matthew James Henry

Matthew John Fisher

Michael Gordon Bracewell

Mitchell Josef Santner

Muhammad Arslan Abbas

Nathan Gregory Smith

Nicholas Frederick Kelly

Rachin Ravindra

Timothy Blake Robinson

Tim Louis Seifert

Thomas Ackland Blundell

Thomas William Maxwell Latham

William Peter O'Rourke

William Alexander Young

Zakary Glen Foulkes

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Dinesh Karthik believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will grow as a player watching the game from the sidelines instead of heading home to play Ranji Trophy. 

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been taken to New Zealnad as a backup opener for T20Is.

Sooryavanshi will wait for an opportunity as current openers will be backed. 

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Axar Patel, Abhishek Sharma

Why Karthik is against sending benched Sooryavanshi to play Ranji during NZ T20I

IND vs NZ: Bhuvneshwar Kumar endured a nightmarish outing on his international return as he bowled his second most expensive T20I spell during series opener against New Zealand

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a wicketless-spell where he conceded 49 runs in his four overs

Not just that, he also recorded his career-first T20I no-ball in the series opener against New Zealand

India's veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in this frame. (Getty)

Bhuvneshwar records nightmare return in NZ, bowls career's first T20I no-ball

Laxmi Ratan Shukla has backed Abishek Porel to rise from personal setbacks and realise his talent to become an accomplished cricketer.

Abishek Porel has been touted for big things by Bengal coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla.

Porel scored a century on his comeback to competitive cricket. 

Abishek Porel, MS Dhoni

Bengal coach makes MS Dhoni-like prediction for DC wicketkeeper Abishek Porel

Adelaide Strikers have faced a major blow for their WBBL opener as pacer Megan Schutt will be unavailable for selection. 

Australia's leading T20I wicket-taker Schutt has faced a two-match suspension.

Schutt won't play Adelaide Strikers' WBBL opener. 

Megan Schutt

Cricket Australia hand 2-match ban to Megan over use of prescription medicine

Australia head coach Andrew McDonald described the batters' display as disappointing. He questioned the batters' shot selection on a pitch that did not have demons in it on Day 4.

Marnus Labuschagne hasn't scored a Test fifty in 14 innings.

South Africa enforced follow-on against Australia for 1st time in post-Apartheid era.

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