The Indian cricket team is planning to tour New Zealand from January to March 2020 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs), five Twenty20 International (T20I), and two Test matches. The Test series will form part of the inaugural of 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.
The T20 matches of the India Tour of New Zealand are scheduled accordingly, 1st-T20 of the 5-T20 series New Zealand Vs India matches for the India Tour of New Zealand has been scheduled on January 24, 2020 ( Friday) at Eden Park, Auckland. The 2nd- T20 of the 5 match series has been scheduled on January 26, 2020 (Sunday) at the same location.
Coming to the 3rd-T20 match, it is scheduled on January 29th, 2020 (Wednesday) at the same Venue. The penultimate T20 match is scheduled for January 31st, 2020 (Friday) at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. The final T20 match of the India tour of New Zealand is scheduled on February 02, 2020 (Sunday) at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. (Note: All the five T20 match series of the IND tour of NZL are scheduled at 8:00 pm IST )
The ODI matches of the India Tour of New Zealand are scheduled accordingly; the 1st ODI match will be held on the 5th of February 2020 (Wednesday) at Seddon Park, Hamilton. The second ODI match is scheduled for the 8th of February 2020(Saturday) at Eden Park, Auckland. The final ODI match of the 3-match ODI series of India Tour of New Zealand is scheduled on the 11th of February 2020 (Tuesday ) (Note: All the three ODI matches of the India Tour of New Zealand are scheduled at 3:00 pm)
The 3-day practice match of India’s tour of NZ is planned from the 14th of February 2020 and will go on for 3 days. (i.e., until 16th of February 2020 ) at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
The penultimate Test match of the India Tour of New Zealand is planned to be held between February 21-25, 2020 at Basin Reserve, Wellington. It will mostly start at 4:00 pm IST. The last Test match against Kiwis is scheduled between February 29th-March 04, 2020 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. This too will start at 4:00 pm IST.
For those who want to have a clear cut picture of the whole India Tour of New Zealand, you can refer to the scheduled sheet below.
Schedule Sheet For India Tour Of New Zealand:
DATE | DAY | SERIES | MATCH | VENUE | TIME |
Jan 24, 2020 | Friday | 1st T20 | New Zealand VS India | Eden Park, Auckland | 8:00 PM |
Jan 26, 2020 | Sunday | 2nd T20 | New Zealand VS India | Eden Park, Auckland | 8:00 PM |
Jan 29, 2020 | Wednesday | 3rd T20 | New Zealand VS India | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 8:00 PM |
Jan 31, 2020 | Friday | 4th T20 | New Zealand VS India | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 8:00 PM |
Feb 02, 2020 | Sunday | 5th T20 | New Zealand VS India | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | 8:00 PM |
Feb 05, 2020 | Wednesday | 1st ODI | New Zealand VS India | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 3:00 PM |
Feb 08, 2020 | Saturday | 2nd ODI | New Zealand VS India | Eden Park, Auckland | 3:00 PM |
Feb 11, 2020 | Tuesday | 3rd ODI | New Zealand VS India | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | 3:00 PM |
Feb 14-16 2020 | Fri- Sun | 3-day Practice Match | New Zealand XI vs India | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 3:30 AM (FEB 14) |
Feb 21-25 2020 | Fri-Tue | 1st Test | New Zealand vs India | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 4:00 AM (Feb 21) |
Feb 29-March 04 2020 | Sat-Wed | 2nd Test | New Zealand vs India | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 4:00 AM (Feb 29) |
India T20I Squad:
BATSMEN
- Virat Kohli (Captain)-Batsman
- Rohit Sharma-Batsman
- Shikhar Dhawan-Batsman
- Shreyas Iyer-Batsman
- Manish Pandey-Batsman
ALL ROUNDER
- Washington Sundar-Batting Allrounder
- Shivam Dube-Bowling Allrounder
- Ravindra Jadeja-Bowling Allrounder
WICKET KEEPER
- Lokesh Rahul-WK-Batsman
- Rishabh Pant-WK-Batsman
BOWLER
- Kuldeep Yadav-Bowler
- Yuzvendra Chahal-Bowler
- Jasprit Bumrah-Bowler
- Mohammed Shami-Bowler
- Navdeep Saini-Bowler
- Shardul Thakur-Bowler
New Zealand T20I Squad :
BATSMEN
- Kane Williamson (Captain)-Batsman
- Martin Guptill-Batsman
- Ross Taylor-Batsman
ALL ROUNDER
- Scott Kuggeleijn-Batting Allrounder
- Colin Munro-Batting Allrounder
- Colin de Grandhomme-Batting Allrounder
- Tom Bruce-Batting Allrounder
- Daryl Mitchell-Bowling Allrounder
- Mitchell Santner-Bowling Allrounder
WICKET KEEPER
- Tim Seifert-WK-Batsman
BOWLER
- Hamish Bennett-Bowler
- Ish Sodhi-Bowler
- Tim Southee-Bowler
- Blair Tickner-Bowler