IND vs NZ 2024 Test Series: All You Need To Know

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The Indian Cricket Team will host New Zealand in a three-match Test series starting from 16th October at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, they would look to continue their domination at home and step closer to the ICC World Test championship finals to be played in June 2025.

Indian team decimated Bangladesh with a 2-0 margin. They are currently at the top of the ICC Test Championship 2023-25 points table. On the other hand, New Zealand would look to bounce back from their 0-2 loss in the away test series against Sri Lanka.

The Last time New Zealand visited India for a test series in 2021, India won the 2-match Test series by 1-0. The first test match at Green Park, Kanpur ended in a draw where Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel defended keeping India at bay. It was a dominating performance by the Indian team in the 2nd test at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai winning by a massive 372 runs.

Indian team would look to play attacking cricket in the entire series and inch closer to the finals of the WTC for the third successive time.

Kane Williamson has been ruled of the first test match due to an injury. Ben Sears also will not play a part in the series while Jacob Duffy will be his replacement.

Here we look at both teams for the test series

India

Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Akashdeep Singh.

New Zealand

Tom Latham (C), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Daryl Mitchell, Matt Henry, Will O Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santer, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.

Schedule of India vs NZ Test series

1.      Ind vs NZ (M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru)- 16th- 20th October 2024

2.      Ind vs NZ (MCA Stadium, Pune)- 24th- 28th October 15, 2024

3.      Ind vs NZ (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)- 1st-5th November 2024

 


 





India versus New Zealand Test series 2024 

 

 

 

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