Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 14: The Indian men's selection committee has added fast bowler Gurnoor Brar to the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand, beginning November 19 in Wellington.

Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the Test squad to participate in ongoing domestic cricket in India. Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has joined the Test squad members in Wellington.

Gurnoor will link up with the Indian Test team and will not be available for the fifth ODI. The team management has confirmed that no replacement will be named for the final ODI.

India's updated Test squad is Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj and Gurnoor Brar.

The updated squad for the fifth ODI will be led by Shreyas Iyer, with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper and vice-captain), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav.