Cricinfo staff
Published: Oct 12, 2026, 2:28 PM (14 mins ago)
Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the first two four-day matches of India A's tour of New Zealand because of his ongoing recovery from a left side strain, with Kumar Kushagra named as his replacement.
Pant suffered his strain during the recent Irani Cup while captaining Rest of India but came out to bat at No. 8 for their second innings, suffering from sickness as well.
India A's updated squad for first two matches vs New Zealand A
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Smaran, Dhruv Jurel (c, wk), Washington Sundar, Auqib Nabi, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Manav Suthar, Mukesh Choudhary, Sai Sudharsan, Yash Rathod, Mukesh Kumar, Kumar Kushagra (wk)
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