James Neesham and Lockie Ferguson have joined the New Zealand squad for the final two T20Is of the five-match series. Both players joined the team in Vizag ahead of the fourth T20I.
With Neesham and Ferguson joining the squad, Tim Robinson and Kristian Clarke have been released and will fly back home.
Both Robinson and Clarke played the series opener in Nagpur, after which they were replaced by Matt Henry and Tim Seifert in New Zealand’s playing XI for the second T20I, which was played in Raipur. They also did not feature in the third T20I.
In addition, Finn Allen, another World Cup-bound player, will join the squad prior to the start of the fifth T20I in Trivandrum.
“Kristian Clarke and Tim Robinson have been released from the BLACKCAPS T20 squad in India, with James Neesham, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Seifert now in camp. Finn Allen will be the final squad member to join the side on Thursday in Trivandrum,” New Zealand Cricket tweeted on Monday.
The visitors have already lost the series and will be playing for pride and to gain some momentum ahead of the start of the T20 World Cup next month.
New Zealand’s updated squad:
Mitchell Santner (C), Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (WK), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Bracewell, Bevon Jacobs, Finn Allen (only for the fifth T20I)
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