The Indian team members were invited for a photoshoot with the new team ahead of the first T20I of the three-match series against New Zealand in Jaipur. The players assembled in front of the camera and gave out some funny poses for their headshots.
Among the players were the new entrants in the team Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan and Ruturaj Gaikwad as well as players making a return to the main squad such as Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar and Mohammad Siraj.
The Indian team will begin its three-match series in Jaipur tonight, November 17 and then move to Ranchi and Kolkata for the remaining two matches. After the T20I series, New Zealand will begin its defence of the World Test Championship title against India in a two-match Test series, starting with the first Test at Kanpur from November 25.
Kane Williamson, the New Zealand skipper along with Kyle Jameison their premier Test bowler have pulled out of the T20I series to get ready for the two Tests. On the other hand, India Test skipper Virat Kohli and T20I skipper Rohit Sharma will also not be part of the Test series. Virat is not playing the T20I series either.