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Auqib Nabi added to India's squad for first three ODIs against New Zealand after Prasidh Krishna injury
The BCCI has added right-arm pacer Auqib Nabi to India's squad for the first three ODIs against New Zealand after Prasidh Krishna was ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury. Nabi was already named for the fourth and fifth matches. The first ODI is in Auckland on 4 November.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India has added right-arm pacer Auqib Nabi to India's squad for the first three one-day internationals against New Zealand, after Prasidh Krishna was ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury. Nabi had already been selected for the fourth and fifth ODIs, so he is now available for all five matches. The first ODI is on 4 November in Auckland, and the reports found do not give the venues or dates of the remaining matches.
The change
The BCCI's statement said that the Men's Selection Committee has added Auqib Nabi to the squad for the first three ODIs against New Zealand. Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of the five-match series, and the reports give no more detail on the injury than that it is a hamstring problem.
Who is Auqib Nabi
Nabi is a right-arm pacer from Jammu and Kashmir. He recently took six wickets across two innings for India A against New Zealand A in a four-day game at Lincoln. He made his ODI debut against the West Indies at Guwahati last month, conceding 84 runs in 8.5 overs. The reports found do not give his age or his career statistics.
Nabi was born on 4 November 1996 in Sheeri, Jammu and Kashmir, according to a player profile, and he is a right-arm medium pacer. He took 104 wickets across the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Ranji Trophy seasons, and he finished the 2025-26 season as its highest wicket-taker, with 60 wickets in 17 innings at an average of 12.65, as Jammu and Kashmir won their first Ranji title. Delhi Capitals bought him for Rs 8.40 crore at the Indian Premier League auction. His IPL record so far is five matches without a wicket, according to one listing.
India have named different squads for the two halves of the series, with different captains.
| ODIs 1 to 3 | ODIs 4 and 5 |
|---|---|
| Shubman Gill (captain) | Shreyas Iyer (captain) |
| Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain) | Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper, vice-captain) |
| Rohit Sharma | Rohit Sharma |
| Virat Kohli | Virat Kohli |
| KL Rahul (wicketkeeper) | Tilak Varma |
| Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper) | Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper) |
| Axar Patel | Axar Patel |
| Naman Dhir | Naman Dhir |
| Anshul Kamboj | Yash Thakur |
| Gurnoor Brar | Gurnoor Brar |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Arshdeep Singh | Arshdeep Singh |
| Mohammed Siraj | Mohammed Siraj |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy (first ODI only) | Auqib Nabi |
| Auqib Nabi | – |
Gill, KL Rahul and Anshul Kamboj are in the squad only for the first three matches, and Nitish Kumar Reddy only for the first. Tilak Varma, Kumar Kushagra and Yash Thakur are listed only for the fourth and fifth. Iyer captains the side in the last two matches and is vice-captain in the first three. The reports found do not explain the split.
India play New Zealand in five ODIs starting on 4 November. It follows a five-match T20 series that India lead 3-1 after losing the fourth T20I by 87 runs in Auckland on 30 October. The fifth T20I is at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 1 November.
With Prasidh Krishna out, the pace options in the squad for the first three ODIs are Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar and Nabi, with Nitish Kumar Reddy as an all-rounder for the first match. The reports found do not say who will open the bowling or whether Nabi will play in the first match.
The reports found do not say when Prasidh Krishna's injury happened or how long he is expected to be out. They also do not say whether a replacement has been named for him in the fourth and fifth match squad, where Nabi was already included.
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