India, Jan. 4 -- India's ODI squad announcement for next week's three-match series against New Zealand saw a largely settled squad, with not too many surprises in store in terms of turnover of players. However, one player who might feel particularly hard-done by being left out is Ruturaj Gaikwad, who doesn't find space despite his maiden ODI century in the previous series.

Gaikwad misses out in part to Rishabh Pant as the backup middle order option upon Shreyas Iyer's return from injury: the Maharashtra and Chennai Super Kings captain filled in at number four and was impressive, but Iyer's status as one of the best middle overs batters in world cricket was always going to come at a cost.

However, there has been a big debate regarding wh...