Ajinkya Rahane: Team India's second test series of this year ended. This team won the two-match Test series played with Bangladesh 2-0 under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. This team is now going to play its next Test series with New Zealand at home. The upcoming series will start this month.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had already released the schedule for the New Zealand series. Today in this article we are going to predict how India's possible 17-member squad will be in this series. Let us tell you that under this, Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer will return to the team.

The schedule of New Zealand test series will be like this

India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ) will play a three-match Test series from the 16th of this month. According to the official programmes, the first match will be held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The second Test will be played in Pune on 24 October. The third Test will be held on November 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This is going to be Team India's third home Test series of this year.

Let us tell you that the morale of the Kiwi team will be a little battered. In fact, in the World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​cycle, this team has not yet been able to win a single Test away from home. In such a situation, there is going to be a little pressure on them. On the other hand, the morale of the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma will be very high. If India manages to win all three matches, then it will be able to make it to the WTC final.

Iyer-Rahane return to Team India

Shreyas Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane may be seen returning to Team India in the Test series against New Zealand. Actually, the performance of these two players in the Irani Cup has been quite amazing. While Rahane (Ajinkya Rahane) has scored 86 unbeaten runs in the first innings during the match against Rest of India, Iyer has scored a strong inning of 57 runs with his bat. In such a situation, the Indian selectors can express confidence in both the players.

India's probable squad in New Zealand test series:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj. , Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.