Ishan Kishan of India during a training session at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand on October 23, 2026. (BCCI Photo)

Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the third T20I between India and New Zealand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. Kishan, who had missed the second T20I and didn’t bat in the first, is yet to recover fully from the low grade right adductor strain that he suffered in the former. It possibly means that India will be sticking with 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the No.3 role.

“Ishan Kishan is recovering well from his low grade right adductor strain, which he sustained during the first T20I of the series against New Zealand,” said the BCCI in a post on X on Monday.

“He is yet to regain match fitness and is ruled out of the third T20I to be played on October 27, 2026 in Wellington.…