India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will act as deputy to Rohit Sharma for their three-match home test series against New Zealand starting next week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said as they announced a 15-member squad.

The BCCI revealed India's highly-anticipated squad for the three-match Test series against New Zealand on Friday. The star pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been named the new vice-captain of the Indian team.

The upcoming series between India and New Zealand will be the first time the two teams have faced each other in the longest format since late 2021.

New Zealand's new Test captain Tom Latham wants the team to play with "no fear" in the three-match series against India as they look to turn around a run of four consecutive World Test Championship defeats which have all-but ended their hopes of a place in the final.

New Zealand plan to take the game to India with a "no fear" approach when they play tests in Bengaluru, Pune and Mumbai over the next month, new captain Tom Latham said on Friday. Latham took over as permanent test captain from Tim Southee last week and said touring India,

Newly-appointed New Zealand captain Tom Latham wants his side to be fearless and take the game to India during the upcoming Test series, which begins on October 16. The India series will be Latham's first assignment as full-time Test captain.