That’s why Hardik Pandya was not selected in the ODI team (Photo-PTI)

Hardik Pandya: Team India has been announced for the ODI series against New Zealand. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer have returned to Team India. Mohammad Siraj has also returned to the team but the big news is that Team India also wanted Hardik Pandya for the ODI series, however it could not happen. BCCI has given the reason for this. After the announcement of the team, BCCI informed by tweeting that Hardik Pandya did not get permission from BCCI COE to bowl 10 overs, due to which he was kept out as a precautionary measure.

BCCI gave update on Hardik Pandya

hardik pandya But BCCI gave information on social media platform X. BCCI wrote, ‘BCCI COE has not given permission to Hardik Pandya to bowl 10 overs in a match. Apart from this, his workload has been managed in view of the T20 World Cup.

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Shreyas Iyers availability is subject to fitness clearance from BCCI COE.

Hardik Pandya has not been cleared by the BCCI COE to bowl 10 overs in a match, and considering the ICC Mens T20 World Cup to follow, his workload is being managed.#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 3, 2026

Pandya is in amazing form

Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya is in amazing form. This player scored a stormy century against Vidarbha in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Saturday itself. Hardik Pandya batted at number 7 and scored 133 runs in 92 balls. During this, Hardik Pandya hit 11 sixes and 8 fours. However, despite this, Baroda team lost the match by 9 wickets. Pandya bowled 2 overs in this match, in which he gave 15 runs. After this he was removed from the bowling attack.

Indian team for New Zealand ODI series

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh and Yashasvi Jaiswal.