Cricket-India add Brar to test squad for New Zealand series, release Kuldeep


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - First One Day International - England v India - Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, Britain - July 14, 2026 India's Gurnoor Brar in action Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes/File Photo

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Fast ⁠bowler Gurnoor Brar has been added to ⁠India's squad for the two-test series against ‌New Zealand, while spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been released to play domestic cricket in India, the country's cricket ​board (BCCI) said on Saturday.

• Brar, ⁠26, will join the ⁠test squad in New Zealand and will not ⁠be ‌available for Sunday's fifth and final one-day international in Tauranga.

• India will ⁠not name a replacement for Brar, with ​the visitors ‌leading the five-match ODI series 2-1.

• Wicketkeeper-batter ⁠Rishabh Pant ​has linked up with the squad in Wellington after receiving fitness clearance.

• The two-match test series ⁠begins on November 19.

• Test squadShubman ​Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit ⁠Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Gurnoor Brar

• ODI squad for the fifth ODIShreyas Iyer (captain), ​Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, ⁠Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, ​Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep ‌Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Mohammed Siraj, ​Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav

(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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