IND Vs NZ: India and New Zealand will lock horns in a three-match series of the red ball format when the Kiwis travel to the Men in Blue nation. Today India will play their last match of the three-match T20 International series versus the Bangla Tigers at Hyderabad and straight away after four days the first Test match of the three-match red ball series will be started between IND Vs NZ.
India has lost just one Test match in the year 2024 so far. That loss came against England and the Men in Blue have also lost just once in the shortest format. That loss was against the Zimbabweans under the leadership skills of Shubman Gill, who captained a team for the first time in his career. However, New Zealanders were outplayed by Sri Lanka in the recent two-match Test series which they lost by two nil.
The sixth-ranked team of the World Test Championship cycle of 2023 to 2025, New Zealand, will take on India, a team who is ranked number 1 on the points table. The Kiwis were the first-ever champions of WTC when they won the final against the Men in Blue in 2021. But since then, New Zealand hasn’t qualified for the finals of this Test event even once and India is favourites to storm into their third back-to-back finals in 2025.
IND Vs NZ: Full Match Details –
The first game of this three-match red ball series will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from Wednesday, October 16th to Sunday, October 20th 2024. The second match of this series will be played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune from Thursday, 24th October 2024 to Monday, October, 28th 2024. The third and final match of this red ball series will end at Mumbai in Wankhede Stadium from Friday, November 1st 2024 to Tuesday, 5th November 2024.
The toss will take place at 9 AM Indian Standard Time (IST) and Local, 3.30 PM GMT. While the match timings for all three red ball games of this series are 9.30 AM Indian Standard Time (IST) and Local, 4 AM GMT. The 3 match series would be broadcast live on the television channel, Sports Network 18 and the viewers can also watch the live action on the mobile application of JIOCinema.
IND Vs NZ: Kane Williamson Will Miss The First Test Match In Bengaluru –
Tim Southee has quit the Test captaincy of New Zealand after a hammering series loss versus the Lankan Tigers. Tom Latham will lead the New Zealand side in this series and another huge blow for them is that Kane Williamson will not feature in the opening match of this red ball series which will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The former New Zealand skipper is suffering from a groin injury.
NZ Squad: Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
IND Vs NZ: Mohammed Shami Is Still Unfit To Play A Red Ball Series For The Men in Blue –
Indian Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep
India’s 15-member squad against New Zealand for the three-match series of the red ball format has many players who also played in the two-match Test series versus Bangladesh recently. But Mohamed Shami is still unavailable for the red ball matches. The ODI World Cup 2023 final versus the Aussies was the last match that this pacer played in the Indian colours.
