New head coach Rahul Dravid saw the preparations of the Men in Blue on Monday as they were put under test ahead of the first T20I. The hosts will also play under a captain in form of Rohit Sharma as Virat Kohli has stepped down from his post after the culmination of India’s campaign at the recently-concluded T20 World Cup.
On the other hand, New Zealand’s regular skipper Kane Williamson will sit out of the T20I-leg to focus on his preparations for the two-match Test series. In Williamson’s absence, Tim Southee will lead the team.
Fixtures
- 1st T20I – November 17, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
- 2nd T20I – November 19, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
- 3rd T20I – November 21, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
* All matches to begin at 7:00 PM IST / 01:30 PM GMT
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Ishan Kishan, Venkatesh Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Tim Seifert(w), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (c), Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Todd Astle, Adam Milne
Broadcast and Live Streaming details
- India: Star Sports; Disney+Hotstar
- New Zealand: SKY Sport
- UK: Sky Sports
- USA: Willow TV
- Pakistan: Ten Sports
- Canada: Willow TV
- Australia: Fox Sports
- MENA, Continental Europe and Central Asia: Yupp TV
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