IND vs NZ: India is already at the Chinnaswamy Stadium practising and toiling themselves hard for the upcoming final test series at home against the Kiwis. The New Zealand team has been on an extended tour to the sub-continent since they arrived to play the one-off test against Afghanistan at the Greater Noida Sports Complex.
The Indians will host New Zealand for a three-match test series in the longest format of the game, as the first test is to begin on the 16th of October and is scheduled to be played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
The Indian test side has not seen a major change in their squad from the previous home series played against Bangladesh, as only the likes of Indian pacer Yash Dayal have been dropped from the side, while Sarfaraz Khan has been included. There are high chances of many of these players excelling in the format to head to Australia as well.
IND vs NZ: Full Squads
Team India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Travelling Reserves: Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna
Team New Zealand: Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Tom Blundell, Ajaz Patel, Ben Sears, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, William O’Rourke.
IND vs NZ: Live Streaming details
The three test matches are to be played against New Zealand by India from the 16th of October to the final match ending on the 5th of November. All matches will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema App.
IND vs NZ: Possible Playing 11
India is one of the most prominent teams in international cricket in the longest format against New Zealand, as the Men in Blue have been the most dominant side with 22 wins as compared to 13 wins in their 62 appearances against their opponents the Blackcaps.
India will be led by veteran skipper Rohit Sharma, while Jasprit Bumrah will be seen as his deputy for the upcoming series. The first of the matches might feature the likes of Sarfaraz Khan while others would be based on the recent performances in the first test.
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma [C], Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep.
Kiwis have to overcome a dominating loss against the Lankan players, as they faced severe humiliation in their losses after their one-off test was washed off due to rain in Noida. After Southee stepped down from the role of New Zealand skipper, Latham will be seen as their full-time skipper for red-ball and this will be his first major assignment.
New Zealand Playing 11: Devon Conway, Tom Latham [C], Kane Williamson, Michael Bracewell, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Tom Blundell, Ajaz Patel, Tim Southee, William O’Rourke.
ALSO READ: IND vs AUS: No Hitman in BGT!! Reports speculate that Indian skipper Rohit Sharma might miss a few matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy; search over deputy continues
IND vs NZ: Weather Forecast
India faced such an unforeseen situation in the second test against Bangladesh at Kanpur, as several days of cricketing action were washed away due to rain. With similar conditions of heavy rainfall currently at the Chinnaswamy, the danger of a game being washed away looms over Team India as well as the Kiwis who have already faced the toil of rainfall.
IND vs NZ: Winner Prediction
The hosts owing to their dominant form and top-notch performances in red-ball cricket will remain the favourites under home conditions, while the disgusting record of the visitors is a big reason to worry as well.
