India, Jan. 16 -- Indian selectors have called for reinforcements, picking up Ravi Bishnoi in place of Washington Sundar and recalling Shreyas Iyer to replace Tilak Varma. The Iyer-Varma switch is for the first three of the five-match T20I series against New Zealand starting in Nagpur on Jan 21.

"By no means have Washington and Tilak been ruled out of the T20 World Cup. They are the first choice picks and will be given all the time to recover," a BCCI official said.

The India-New Zealand series concludes on Jan 31, also the deadline for the selectors to make any changes in the World Cup squad without an approval from the ICC technical committee. The T20 World Cup begins on Feb 7.

Iyer is best suited to replace Varma, having batted at N...