India Playing XI vs NZ: Will the captain give a chance to the player who scores a double century in the playing-11? Rohit will take a big decision

Cricket News Desk. After defeating Bangladesh in the two-Test series, India will now play a three-Test series against New Zealand. The first match of the series will start on Wednesday (October 16) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. BCCI announced India's squad for the Test series against New Zealand last week. Apart from Yash Dayal, other 15 members selected for the Bangladesh series have managed to retain their places in the team.

Will the dangerous bowler get rest?

There is not much possibility of change in India's playing eleven, but there is a possibility that India will rest Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammad Siraj. In such a situation, an additional spinner may get a chance. Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav remained sitting on the bench during the two-Test series against Bangladesh. India may give an extra spinner a try after seeing New Zealand's players struggle against spin in the two Test matches against Sri Lanka last month.

Will Sarfaraz return to the playing eleven?

Kuldeep is a more effective spinner than Akshar, but the Gujarat player is ahead in batting. It will be interesting to see who gets the chance. Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan scored a double century in the Irani Cup 2024 match against Rest of India in Lucknow. He made his Test debut for India against England at Rajkot on 15 February 2024. After the return of KL Rahul, he had to sit out. Now it remains to be seen whether the player who scores a double century gets entry in the playing eleven or not.

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Will KL Rahul be out?

It is believed that Sarfaraz can be tried by giving rest to KL Rahul. He has scored 2969 runs in 52 test matches. He scored a half-century for India in the last Test innings against Bangladesh. Apart from this, other players will remain in the playing eleven. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is in excellent form this year, will open the innings with captain Rohit and Shubman Gill will bat at number three. Virat Kohli will bat at his usual No. 4 position, followed by Rishabh Pant at No. 5. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are two of the best spin bowling all-rounders of all time. He is the main player of the team with both ball and bat.

India's probable playing XI for the first test against New Zealand:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav.