On Thursday in a press release, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said that Hardik Pandya will join the team India squad for the series against New Zealand while KL Rahul has been included in the India A squad that is playing 5 one-day games against England Lions in Thiruvananthapuram. The decision was taken by the Senior Selection Committee after the CoA decided to lift the bans on Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul.
The release also mentioned that Hardik Pandya will be sent to New Zealand to join the team at the earliest and KL Rahul will be joining the India A squad to play the last 3 one-day games against England Lions.
The bans were imposed after the two faced criticism for their comments in the Koffee with Karan TV show.
"Since the adjudication of all allegations of misconduct against any cricketer registered with, inter alia, the BCCI is required to be undertaken by the BCCI Ombudsman, whose appointment is pending directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, the CoA is the of the view that the interim suspension orders dated 11.01.2019 should be presently lifted with immediate effect”, the press release said.