New Zealand v India Series 2026: Full Schedule, Dates, Venue, Key Details

 

The India tour of New Zealand for all formats of cricket from October to December. This series will be played in New Zealand's different iconic stadiums; in this series, they will play 2 tests, 5 ODIs, and 5 T20Is. This series starts from 22 October to 1 December.

Series

A variety of formats, including 2 tests, 5 ODIs, and 5 T20I series, are anticipated for the tour. Both teams will need to win this bilateral series in order to bolster their squads and get ready for future ICC competitions. 

India v New Zealand Series 2026—Full Schedule

Date	Format	Venue	Time (IST)
22nd October, 2026	1st T20I	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	8:00 PM
24th October, 2026	2nd T20I	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	8:00 PM
27th October, 2026	3rd T20I	Henry Stadium, Wellington	8:00 PM
30th October, 2026	4th T20I	Eden Park, Auckland	8:00 PM
1st November, 2026	5th T20I	Seddon Park, Hamilton	8:00 PM
4th November, 2026	1st ODI	Eden Park, Auckland	3:00 PM
7th November, 2026	2nd ODI	Henry Stadium, Wellington	3:00 PM
10th November, 2026	3rd ODI	Seddon Park, Hamilton	3:00 PM
13th November, 2026	4th ODI	Bay Oval, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui	3:00 PM
15th November, 2026	5th ODI	Bay Oval, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui	3:00 PM
19th-23rd November, 2026	1st Test	Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington	11:00 AM
7th November - 1st December, 2026	2nd Test	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	11:00 AM

Venues

Matches are expected to be played at iconic New Zealand grounds such as:

• Eden Park, Auckland

• Basin Reserve, Wellington

• Hagley Oval, Christchurch

• Seddon Park, Hamilton

• Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington

• Sky Park/Henry Stadium, Wellington

• Bay Oval, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui 

These venues are known for offering a mix of conditions—seam-friendly pitches for tests and high-scoring surfaces for white-ball games

Key Details

• Both teams value this ODI series as they get ready for the upcoming ICC competitions. 

• Opportunity for young players to shine

• Fast bowlers usually benefit from New Zealand pitches, particularly in Test matches. 

• The test series is a part of the ICC WTC 2025–27.

In the last India tour of New Zealand in 2018, India won the 5-match T20I series by 0-5, the 3-match ODI series loss by 2-1, and the 2-match test series loss by 0-2.

India v New Zealand Series 2026—Possible Squads

India

Shubman Gill ©, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Sarfaraz Khan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma,, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, Suryakumar Yadav, l, Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy 

New Zealand

Henry Nicholls, Nick Kelly, Will Young, Tom Latham (c/wk), Muhammad Abbas, Dean Foxcroft, Josh Clarkson, Nathan Smith, Jayden Lennox, Will O’Rourke, Ben Lister, Kane Williamson, Conway,, Rachin Ravindra, D Mitchell, G Phillips, M Santner, S Sodhi, Chapman, Finn Allen, Matt Henry, Ferguson, Jamieson, Sears, Bracewell, Neesham, Tickner  

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