Mumbai: Suresh Raina, who was recalled to the Indian side for the first three ODIs against New Zealand, will miss the first game in Dharamsala on October 16 as he is recovering from fever.
Raina was looking forward to feature in his first ODI since October 2015.
The Indian cricket board, in its media release on Thursday, said, “The BCCI Medical team has confirmed that Suresh Raina, who is recovering from a bout of viral fever, is ruled out of the first ODI of the Paytm ODI Trophy against New Zealand.”
“There will be no replacement in the team,” added BCCI.
Kane Williamson’s New Zealand, who lost the three-match Test series 3-0, will be facing Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian side in the five-match ODI series starting on October 16.
The southpaw was dropped for the ODIs in Australia and the limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe earlier this year besides the two-match T20 series against the West Indies in USA.
He has not had time in the middle since the Duleep Trophy where his scores read 52, 35 and 90.
Raina led Uttar Pradesh in the team's Ranji Trophy opener against Madhya Pradesh last week but did not come out to bat.
Uttar Pradesh ended up suffering an innings and 64 run defeat at the hands of Madhya Pradesh.
