News > Team India’s playing XI vs NZ, 1st ODI: Who will replace Shreyas Iyer? Ishan Kishan or Rajat Patidar? Rohit Sharma answers 

Team India’s playing XI vs NZ, 1st ODI: Who will replace Shreyas Iyer? Ishan Kishan or Rajat Patidar? Rohit Sharma answers 

Ishan Kishan will bat in the middle order, Indian captain Rohit Sharma announced before his team’s first ODI match against New Zealand, in Hyderabad on Wednesday, in the opener of the three-match series. The move to shift Ishan, an opener, to the middle order comes after middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the ODI series. He was ruled out due to a back injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced.