There were no surprises as India announced the Test squad to face New Zealand this month, with selectors reducing the party from 17 to 15 from the one that comfortably beat West Indies.
Stuart Binny and Shardul Thakur were the two to miss out, neither having played on that tour of the Caribbean and both currently playing in the Duleep Trophy and Australia A vs India A unofficial Tests respectively.
It remains to be seen if captain Virat Kohli prefers to go into the game with five bowlers or not. If he does, then Rohit Sharma might be relegated to the bench again with Ravichandran Ashwin batting at number six.
This is what Chairman of selectors Mr. Sandeep Patil had to say about Rohit Sharma's selection in the squad #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/7iUWIcY6nR
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