IND vs NZ: New Zealand team is going to tour India for three test matches. This series is starting from 16th October. The first match will be played at Chinnaswamy. Whereas, the second match is to be played on 24th October in Pune while the last one is to be played in Mumbai on 1st November. The squad for this series has been announced by New Zealand while the Indian team is yet to be announced. However, let us discuss what could be the playing 11 of both the teams in the first test.

India's playing 11 could be like this in the first test of IND vs NZ

Talking about the first test of IND vs NZ, the playing 11 of Team India could be something like this. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen starting the innings. Jaiswal had performed brilliantly in the Bangladesh Test series. He had scored 189 runs in 2 matches. Apart from this, Shubman Gill, who scored 164 runs in 2 matches against Bangladesh, will be at number 3.

As usual, Virat Kohli will be at number 4 while centurion Rishabh Pant will be at number 5. KL Rahul can be seen at number 6, while two experienced all-rounders can be seen at number 7 and 8. These two could be Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin. Ashwin even scored a century against Bangladesh. Kuldeep Yadav or Akash Deep may get a chance at number 9 while Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami may get a chance at number 10 and 11. Shami may return while Bumrah may be rested due to Australia Test series.

New Zealand's playing 11 could be like this in the first test of IND vs NZ

Talking about the first test of IND vs NZ, New Zealand's playing here can be something like this. Captain Tom Latham and Dwayne Conway can be seen starting the innings of the Kiwi team. The Sri Lanka series did not go much for Conway. He could score only 91 runs in 4 innings. In such a situation, he will be trying to perform well against India. Anyway, he has IPL experience, so he would like to take full advantage of it.

At the same time, Mark Chapman can be at number 3 while Rachin Ravindra is certain to be at number 4, who had scored 153 runs on the Sri Lanka tour. Apart from this, the playing 11 could include Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Will Young and Ajaz Patel. Let us tell you that Kane Williamson will not play in the first test. If he is injured then he will join the team from the second and third test.

IND vs NZ head to head statistics

If we talk about head to head statistics in IND vs NZ test, India has the upper hand here. So far 62 Test matches have been played between the two teams and Team India has won 22 and New Zealand has won 13 matches. India has won 17 at home, while New Zealand has won 10. At the same time, 27 matches have been drawn.