After an impressive performance by India against NZ in T20 series winning it with 5-0 lead , NZ came back strong in ODI series defeating India 3-0. Now it's time for the championship matches that is 2 match test series between the two nations starting from 21 Feb 2020 to 4 March 2020
India will be playing one 3-day practice match before the start of test series. With KL Rahul cementing his place at the openers spot with his form of his life ,India will be trying young blood likes of Prithvi Shaw and Shubman gill in the other openers slot
Likely team for India would be KL Rahul , Shaw/Mayank, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Gill / Vihari, Saha, Shami, Yadav, Bumra and J
Shaw who played for India last time in Oct 2018 was called to join the team with injury to the vice captain Rohit Sharma. Iind A and NZ XI.
Shubman gill has retained his place in test squad, thanks to his match saving double ton against NZ XI in the same match. Haryana pacer Navdeep Saini has made is way to the Indian test squad following his performances in recently finished limited over cricket
India’s Test squad :
Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara,
Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha(wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma (subject to fitness clearance).
Highlights of only 3-Day practice match between India and NZXI:
India had tough start of the day with Shaw perishing for duck and soon followed by Mayank and Shubman gill with Indian score reducing to 5 for 3 wickets
Then senior players Pujara and Rahane tried to steady the ship but Rahane fell at score of 38, Pujara was joined by Hanuma Vihari another young player, both tried their best to anchor the innings
Ind lost its 5th wicket in the form of Pujara @ 233 after a 195 run stand for the 5th wicket between Pujara and Hanuma Vihari.
Pujara scored gritty 93 runs from 211 balls with 11 fours and 1 six.
Vihari completed his century (101 runs ) in 182 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes and was retrd out after 73 rd over. Pant Ashwin Saha and jadeja lost their wickets without scoring big.
At the stumps India was Allout for 263 runs in 78.5 overs.
NZ used 7 bowlers of which:
Scott kugguleijn 3/40 (14 ovrs)
Ish sodhi. 3/72 (14.5 ovrs)
Jake gibson. 2 /26 (10ovrs)
James neesham. 1/29 ( 13 ovrs ) were stand out
Stay tune to watch 1st World Test championship between Ind vs NZ.
India will be playing one 3-day practice match before the start of test series. With KL Rahul cementing his place at the openers spot with his form of his life ,India will be trying young blood likes of Prithvi Shaw and Shubman gill in the other openers slot
Likely team for India would be KL Rahul , Shaw/Mayank, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Gill / Vihari, Saha, Shami, Yadav, Bumra and J
Shaw who played for India last time in Oct 2018 was called to join the team with injury to the vice captain Rohit Sharma. Iind A and NZ XI.
Shubman gill has retained his place in test squad, thanks to his match saving double ton against NZ XI in the same match. Haryana pacer Navdeep Saini has made is way to the Indian test squad following his performances in recently finished limited over cricket
India’s Test squad :
Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara,
Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha(wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma (subject to fitness clearance).
Highlights of only 3-Day practice match between India and NZXI:
India had tough start of the day with Shaw perishing for duck and soon followed by Mayank and Shubman gill with Indian score reducing to 5 for 3 wickets
Then senior players Pujara and Rahane tried to steady the ship but Rahane fell at score of 38, Pujara was joined by Hanuma Vihari another young player, both tried their best to anchor the innings
Ind lost its 5th wicket in the form of Pujara @ 233 after a 195 run stand for the 5th wicket between Pujara and Hanuma Vihari.
Pujara scored gritty 93 runs from 211 balls with 11 fours and 1 six.
Vihari completed his century (101 runs ) in 182 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes and was retrd out after 73 rd over. Pant Ashwin Saha and jadeja lost their wickets without scoring big.
At the stumps India was Allout for 263 runs in 78.5 overs.
NZ used 7 bowlers of which:
Scott kugguleijn 3/40 (14 ovrs)
Ish sodhi. 3/72 (14.5 ovrs)
Jake gibson. 2 /26 (10ovrs)
James neesham. 1/29 ( 13 ovrs ) were stand out
Stay tune to watch 1st World Test championship between Ind vs NZ.