IND vs NZ: The biggest battle in cricket history! 12 matches will be played in 40 days, New Zealand released a shocking schedule

New Delhi: A very big and exciting news is coming for cricket fans. New Zealand Cricket Board has released the complete schedule of the upcoming series against Team India. The Indian cricket team is going to tour New Zealand in the month of October this year, where there will be such a flood of runs between the two teams that will not stop. On this tour, Indian players will take the field to play a total of 12 matches in just 40 days. This 12-match superseries will include 5 T20 (T20I), 5 ODI (ODI) and 2 very exciting Test matches.

This historic tour will start with a bang with the T-20 series on 22nd October. At the same time, this long tour will end with the last match of the Test series, which will be played from 27 November to 1 December. According to the official website of ICC, this is going to be the first time in the history of New Zealand cricket that they are going to host such a big series of 12 matches against any country at their home.

Seven years long drought ends, Team India will play Test in New Zealand for the first time

This tour is going to be very special for Indian cricket fans because this will be the first time in the last seven years that Team India will play a Test match on New Zealand soil. The Indian team last visited New Zealand in the year 2019 with the specific intention of playing a Test series. Not just Test, but this is going to be the first time after the year 2022 when the Indian team will be seen taking on the Kiwi team in a limited overs (ODI and T-20) series on the grounds of New Zealand.

Complete excitement of T-20 series: from 22 October to 1 November

This New Zealand tour of Team India is going to start with quick cricket i.e. T-20 series. The first and second matches of the T-20 series will be played on 22 and 24 October on the beautiful grounds of Christchurch. After this, both the teams will reach Wellington for the third T20 match, where the match will be held on 27 October. The fourth T20 match of the series will be played in Auckland on 30 October, while the fifth and last T20 match will be played in Hamilton on 1 November, which will decide the winner of this series.

Complete schedule of ODI series: November 4 to November 15

After the thrill of T-20, it will be the turn of 50-50 overs game. The first match of the ODI series will be played on November 4 at Auckland. After this, the second ODI match will be held in Wellington on 7 November, while the third ODI match will be played in Hamilton on 10 November. The last two most exciting matches of the ODI series will be played on the grounds of Mount Maunganui on 13 and 15 November.

The real test i.e. test series: will start from November 19

Just three days after the end of the ODI series, the real battle for the white jersey will begin between the two teams. The first match of this Test series will be played from 19 November to 23 November at Wellington grounds. At the same time, the last and second test match of this entire tour will be played in Christchurch from 27 November to 1 December. This great battle of India on New Zealand soil will last for 40 days, during which fans will get to watch non-stop cricket. Since Team India is going to New Zealand soil after a long gap of four years, fans all over the world will be expecting a historic and strong performance from the Indian team there.