The Indian Squads were announced on 13 February.
Dhawal Kulkarni got his maiden call up to the national squad, having been selected for the test squad after a strong debut
Ranji trophy season where he was the highest wicket taker.
L Balaji made a return to the Test squad after a five-year hiatus having last played in a test in 2004. Balaji was dropped from the ODI squad after he played in a single match in the previous tour, he was replaced by the now fit
Munaf Patel. In the test squad Balaji replaced
Pragyan Ojha with the selectors opting for an extra seamer instead of an extra spinner for the tour. Ojha retained his place in the ODI and T20 squads.
Subramaniam Badrinath was dropped from the test squad in favour of reserve
Wicket-Keeper Dinesh Karthik after Karthik too had a strong Ranji trophy season. Karthik was selected for all three squads, replacing Jadeja in the ODI squad.
Ravindra Jadeja's impressive ODI debut was rewarded with a call up to the Twenty20 squad but Jadeja will be replaced by
Sachin Tendulkar for the subsequent ODI series.
Munaf Patel made a return to all three squads after having to pull out midway through the previous tour of Sri Lanka due to injury.
Harbhajan Singh also made a return to all three squads after having to pull out at the beginning of the previous tour to Sri Lanka due to injury. The New Zealand squad for the T20's was announced on 21 February.
Jacob Oram Jesse Ryder and
Ross Taylor returned after their injury. Oram however will only play as a batsman.
Kyle Mills was injured and was replaced by
Ewen Thompson. Ryder replaced
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