MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings had a season to forget in IPL 2025. The five-time IPL champions ended in last position in the IPL 2025 Points Table with just 4 wins to their name. A few weeks after the IPL 2025 season there is more bad news in store for star player from the CSK team. New Zealand opener Devon Conway had been bought back by CSK for Rs 6.25 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction last year. But Conway had a forgettable time in IPL 2025 season turning out in only 6 matches for the Chennai franchise while scoring 156 runs with 2 fifties. Conway has now been omitted from the side by new Black Caps head coach Rob Walter from the squad which will play a T20 tri-series against host Zimbabwe and South Africa next month in Zimbabwe. The 33-year-old Johannesburg-born batter is one of several leading players who have turned down central contacts with New Zealand Cricket to play in professional T20 leagues around the world. Conway last played for New Zealand in June of last year in their last group match at the T20 World Cup 2024. Why is Kane Williamson not available? Former captain Kane Williamson made himself unavailable while playing for Middlesex in England’s county championship. Mumbai Indians batter Bevon Jacobs is the only uncapped player in the 15-man squad named by Walter on Friday. The 23-year-old Jacobs was a member of the New Zealand squad that played Sri Lanka in December but did not play a game. He was bought for Rs 30 lakh by Nita Ambani’s MI but didn’t feature in any game in IPL 2025 season. MLC 2025 stars called up into squad Pacer Adam Milne has been recalled for the first time since November after performing well in Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 season in the United States. Meanwhile in-form Finn Allen who is the leading run-scorer in MLC 2025 and Tim Seifert also return to the squad which will be captained by MI all-rounder Mitchell Santner. Allen recently hit a world-record 19 sixes in an innings of 151 for the San Francisco Unicorns in MLC 2025. “We’ve got a really strong squad for this tour and I’m looking forward to getting the team together and getting into the work” Walter said. “We’ve got some good experience in the side and it’s nice to be able to welcome back a few of the players who missed the March series against Pakistan because of the IPL.” The tri-series will be played from July 14-26 in Harare. New Zealand squad: Mitchell Santner (c) Finn Allen Michael Bracewell Mark Chapman Jacob Duffy Zak Foulkes Matt Henry Bevon Jacobs Adam Milne Daryl Mitchell Will ORourke Glenn Phillips Rachin Ravindra Tim Seifert Ish Sodhi