Jadeja included in India's T20 squad

Mumbai: Twenty20 world champions India retained the same squad that defeated Sri Lanka in the thrilling tie at Colombo on Tuesday for the forthcoming two-match Twenty20 international series against New Zealand.

Sachin Tendulkar, who pulled out of the series, will be swapped with Ravindra Jadeja as the only change from the one-day team that plays five games in March. The Saurashtra all-rounder lost out on the one-day squad due to the return of strike bowler Harbhajan Singh but earned the favour of the selectors as far as Twenty20 cricket is concerned.

The tour begins with a Twenty20 International in Christchurch on February 25 and another T20 match in Wellington two days later. The first ODI will be played in Napier on March 3.

Twenty20 squad

1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain and Wicketkeeper)
2. Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain)
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Zaheer Khan
6. Harbhajan Singh
7. Ishant Sharma
8. Munaf Patel
9. Dinesh Karthik (Wicketkeeper)
10. Suresh Raina
11. Yusuf Pathan
12. Pragyan Ojha
13. Rohit Sharma
14. Praveen Kumar
15. Irfan Pathan
16. Ravindra Jadeja.

The full New Zealand tour itinerary is:

Feb 20: India arrive in New Zealand 
Feb 25: Twenty20 International, Christchurch 
Feb 27: Twenty20 International, Wellington 

Mar 3: Ist ODI, Napier 
Mar 6: 2nd ODI, Wellington 
Mar 8: 3rd ODI, Christchurch 
Mar 11: 4th ODI, Hamilton 
Mar 14: 5th ODI, Auckland 

Mar 18-22: 1st Test, Hamilton 
Mar 26-30: 2nd Test, Napier 
April 3-7: 3rd Test, Wellington