Overview
- Milne suffered the injury in his first over for Sunrisers Eastern Cape against MI Cape Town, and scans confirmed a torn left hamstring.
- Jamieson had been the designated travelling reserve and is already with the squad in India on the white-ball tour, enabling an immediate promotion.
- Head coach Rob Walter said the team was gutted for Milne and stressed the need for pace depth with Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson possibly taking brief paternity leave during the event.
- Under tournament rules, squads can be changed freely until January 31, after which replacements require ICC approval, and NZC will appoint another travelling reserve.
- New Zealand face the USA in a warm-up on February 6 in Mumbai before opening their campaign against Afghanistan on February 8 in Chennai.