Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of India‘s five-match ODI series in New Zealand and will instead join the India A squad for the third (and final) four-day game against New Zealand A. Mohammed Siraj, meanwhile, will be available for the second four-dayer for India A.

Prasidh, who is recovering from a left hamstring injury, “will need additional time to build up the workload required to be ready for matches,” the BCCI said in a statement. “[Skipping the ODIs] will give him an opportunity to gain match practice and prepare for the Test series.” The two-Test series will begin on November 19 after the ODIs run from November 4 to November 15.

Nitish Kumar Reddy will stay with the ODI squad for the first game, on November 4, and then link up with the A squad for the final four-day game, from November 7, “which will help him gain match practice” for the Test series,” the BCCI said.

India A squad for the second four-dayer vs New Zealand A

Yashasvi Jaiswal, B Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Rathod, R Smaran, Dhruv Jurel (capt, wk), Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Shikhar Mohan, Mukesh Choudhary, Mukesh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra [wk]

India squad for the first three ODIs vs New Zealand

Shubman Gill (capt) Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer [vice-capt], KL Rahul [wk], Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan [wk], Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy (only for first ODI)

India squad for fourth and fifth ODIs vs New Zealand

Shreyas Iyer [capt], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan [vice-capt, wk], Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra [wk], Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav