IND vs NZ ODI: Attention Cricket Fans! India-New Zealand ODI Timings Changed? Find out what time the fight will start

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India vs New Zealand Match Time: The Indian cricket team will soon play its first international match of 2026. India vs New Zealand The three-match ODI series between them will start from January 11. The first match of the series will be played in Vadodara. Meanwhile, let’s explain the complete India vs New Zealand ODI series schedule, including venues and start times. Please remember this information, otherwise you may miss it on match day.

Match Schedule

The India vs New Zealand series will begin on January 11. The first match will be played in Vadodara. Team India will reach there soon and start their preparations. The second match of the series will be played in Rajkot on January 14. The third and final match of the series will be played on January 18 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, bringing the series to a close. Apart from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, all eyes will be on how Shubman Gill performs in this series. Gill’s bat is quiet right now and he is not scoring runs.

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What time will the matches start?

Meanwhile, when it comes to the timing of the matches, the series will be held in India, so the matches will start in the afternoon and go on till late evening. All matches will start at 1:30 PM, with the toss half an hour earlier, at 1 PM. The matches will also end at 9 PM. The good news is that all the matches will be played at the same time, so there is no chance of schedule changes every day.

Team announcement by BCCI

Recently, BCCI has announced Team India for the series. Shubman Gill will once again be the captain and Rohit Sharma along with Virat Kohli have also been selected for the series. Also, although Shreyas Iyer has been appointed as the vice-captain for this series, he will be able to play only if he is fully fit. Shreyas has proved it by playing a match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, but it remains to be seen what the BCCI thinks. The BCCI also said that Hardik Pandya is not part of the series as his workload is being managed for the T20 World Cup in February.

Indian squad for ODI series against New Zealand

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasid Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal

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