IND VS NZ: Thrill will exceed limits! India on 45 days long tour of New Zealand, 12 matches will be played, note down the time and complete schedule

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IND VS NZ: The next assignment of the Indian cricket team is New Zealand tour. Team India is going on a 45-day long New Zealand tour. On this tour, India has to play 5 match T-20, 5 match ODI and 2 match Test series. India's tour of New Zealand will start from October 22, when the first T20 match will be played between India and New Zealand in Christchurch. After this, ODI series will start from 4th November and Test series will start from 19th November. So, in this article, let us tell you in detail about all the 12 matches played on India's tour of New Zealand.

The tour will start from T20I series

The tour between India and New Zealand is going to start with a 5-match T20 series. The first match of the series will be played in Christchurch on 22 October. The second match of the series will be played in Christchurch on 24 October, the third match will be played in Wellington on 27 October, the fourth T20 match will be played in Auckland on 30 October and the fifth T20 match will be played in Hamilton on 1 November.

match

date

Day

competition

venue

First T20I

22 october 2026

Thursday

India vs New Zealand

Hagley oval, christchurch

Second T20I

24 october 2026

Saturday

India vs New Zealand

Hagley oval, christchurch

third T20I

27 october 2026

Tuesday

India vs New Zealand

HNRY stadium, wellington

fourth T20I

30 october 2026

Friday

India vs New Zealand

eden park, auckland

fifth T20I

1 november 2026

sunday

India vs New Zealand

sedan park, hamilton

What time will the matches start?

There is going to be a change in the timing of the matches played on the New Zealand tour. Actually, there is a difference of 7 hours 30 minutes between the taming of India and New Zealand. In such a situation, the T-20 series between IND VS NZ will be played from 12.30 pm, for which both the captains will come to the field for the toss at 12 pm.

ODI series will start from November 4

Every cricket fan is eagerly waiting for the ODI series to be played with New Zealand, because once again Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be seen in action. The ODI series will start on November 4 with a match to be played in Auckland. The second ODI will be played in Wellington on 7 November, the third ODI on 10 November in Hamilton, the fourth ODI on 13 November in Mount Maunganui and the fifth and last ODI on 15 November in Mount Maunganui.

match

date

Day

competition

venue

First ODI

4 november 2026

Wednesday

India vs New Zealand

eden park, auckland

Second ODI

7 november 2026

Saturday

India vs New Zealand

HNRY stadium, wellington

third ODI

10 november 2026

Tuesday

India vs New Zealand

sedan park, hamilton

fourth ODI

13 november 2026

Friday

India vs New Zealand

Bay oval, mount Maunganui

fifth ODI

15 november 2026

sunday

India vs New Zealand

Bay oval, mount Maunganui

What time will the ODI match start?

You will also see a change in the timing of the India-New Zealand ODI series. While the T-20 matches will start at 12.30 pm, the ODI matches will start at 2 pm, for the toss of which both the captains will come to the field at 1.30 pm.

India's ODI team for the first three ODIs: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna*, Kuldeep Yadav.

India's ODI team for the fourth and fifth ODI: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper, vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dheer, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav.

2 match test series will be important

Indian cricket team has to play a 2-match test series on New Zealand tour. The first Test will be played in Wellington from 19 November to 23 November. So, the second Test will be played in Christchurch from 27 November to 1 December. Now Team India will try its best to win both the matches played with the Kiwi team and capture the series. So that he can maintain himself in the race for the World Test Championship final.

match

date

competition

venue

City

Time (IST)

First Test

19–23 november 2026

India versus New Zealand

cello basin reserve

wellington

Morning 3:30 at o'clock

Second Test

27 November-1 December 2026

India versus New Zealand

Hagley Oval

christchurch

Morning 3:30 at o'clock

What time will the matches start? Indian fans will have to lose sleep to watch the test match played with New Zealand. Since, these matches will start at 3.30 am and the toss for this will happen at 3 pm only.

India's test team: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper)*, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudarshan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.

Where will you be able to watch live action?

The ODI series matches played between India and New Zealand will be telecast live on different channels of Sony Sports Network. You can watch its live streaming on SonyLIV app. Live streaming of this series is not available for free; To watch live streaming or TV, SonyLIV or Sony Ten subscription/pay-TV connection is required.

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