New Zealand's tour of India 2024

The New Zealand cricket team are scheduled to tour India in October and November 2024 to play the India cricket team. The tour will consist of three Test matches. In June 2024, the BCCI confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024–25 home season. Read below.

This Test series is part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle and while India currently ranks at the top, New Zealand occupies the 6th spot.

New Zealand aren't in the best of form in Test cricket lately. They were beaten by Sri Lanka in a 2 match Test Series by 2-0. India on the other hand are in supreme form. They have recently beaten Bangladesh in a Test Series at home.

The detailed schedule for NZ's tour of India 2024 is as follows.

Date	Match	Venue	Time (IST)
16th to 20th October	India vs NZ, 1st Test	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	9:30 AM
24th to 28th October	India vs NZ, 2nd Test	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune	9:30 AM
1st to 5th November	India vs NZ, 3rd Test	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	9:30 AM

India’s squad for Test series:

Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
Travelling Reserves: Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna

NZ’s squad for Test series:

Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O'Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.

Match Results:

1st Test - 16th Oct 2024:

NZ Won by 8 Wickets.
India 46 (31.2) & 462 (99.3) | NZ 406 (91.3) & 110/2 (27.4).

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2nd Test - 24th Oct 2024:

NZ Won by 113 Runs.
NZ 259 (79.1) & 255 (69.4) | India 156 (45.3) & 245 (60.2).

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3rd Test - 1st Nov 2024:

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Live Streaming of matches

The live streaming of the IND vs NZ, Test & T20I series in India will be available on the Sports18 channel (TV), Jio Cinema app and website (Digital).

Sources: BCCI, ICC, Insidesport, Wikipedia.