Dhawan out of NZ T20I series

India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the five-match T20I series against New Zealand due to the shoulder injury he suffered during the third ODI against Australia.

Sanju Samson can be a possible replacement for Dhawan along with Prithvi Shaw. Suryakumar Yadav can also be an option for the selectors.

The T20I series begins on January 24, and will be followed by a series of three ODIs from February 5.

Squad: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur.