A 3-match Test series is to be played between India and New Zealand from 16th October. The first match will be played in Bengaluru while the third match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The second match will start from 24th October while the third match will start from 1st November.

At present, Team India has not been announced for this series but the team coached by Gautam Gambhir will be announced soon. However, in the meantime, speculations are being made that India's opening pair may change in the Test series against New Zealand. Let us know why this can happen?

India's opening pair will change in New Zealand test series

It is well known that this series is very important for the Indian team because if Team India wins this series by 3-0, then there will be no need to work hard in Australia and India will directly secure its place in the WTC final. .

Meanwhile, it is possible that some changes may be seen in the New Zealand Test series. It is possible that India's opening pair may change. According to the news that has come out at present, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal should not open in this series.

Why won't Rohit-Jaiswal open?

Just yesterday, a big information has come to light regarding Indian captain Rohit Sharma. It is being said that his wife Ritika is going to give birth to a second child. In such a situation, Rohit can withdraw his name from the New Zealand Test series. At the same time, there are speculations about Jaiswal that he may be given rest from this series so that he remains fresh for the Australia tour.

It is possible that Jaiswal will be seen participating in Ranji, so that he can prepare for the Border Gavaskar series. Let us tell you that Jaiswal is in good form at the moment and he had scored 189 runs in 2 matches in the Bangladesh Test series. He batted at a strike rate of 81.82.

Who will replace Rohit-Jaiswal?

Now the question here becomes that if Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal do not play this series, then who can get the chance in their place. It is expected that Shubman Gill can be selected as the opener.

Gill has opened earlier also while the other opener can be KL Rahul. Gill scored 164 runs in the Bangladesh Test series while KL Rahul scored 106 runs. At the same time, when these two players open, Ishan Kishan and Sarfaraz Khan can be selected for the middle order and both of them are excellent batsmen. Ishan may return while Sarfaraz may return to the playing 11.