India is touring New Zealand to play 5-ODI's and 2 Test Matches
The tour of New Zealand will start with the first ODI in
Napier, followed by matches in Hamilton (January 22 and January 28),
Auckland (January 25) and Wellington (January 31).
All-rounder Yuvraj Singh was on Tuesday axed from India’s ODI squad owing to his poor performance in South Africa and was replaced by Stuart Binny — son of former India all-rounder Roger Binny.
Another surprise inclusion in the team was Madhya Pradesh seamer Ishwar Pandey, who has been drafted into both the ODI and Test squad
Varun Aaron(24)has made a comeback to the ODI squad replacing Mohit Sharma, who failed to impress in South Africa
The Test team was not altered too much with Ishwar’s inclusion instead of Pragyan Ojha being the only change made to the 17-member squad for the two-match series against the Kiwis starting February 10 in Auckland after a two-day practice match.
Test squad: M.S. Dhoni (capt & wk), M. Vijay,
Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya
Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma,
Ambati Rayudu, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R. Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman
Saha (wk), Ishwar Pandey.
ODI squad: M.S.
Dhoni (capt & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit
Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ambati Rayudu, Ishwar Pandey, Ishant
Sharma, Varun Aaron, Amit Mishra
India's Tour of New Zealand -Test Match Series So Far
India made their first Test tour of New Zealand in 1967-68 under the captainship of Tiger Pataudi and went on to register a historic 3-1 series win in the 4-Match Test Series
India made their second visit in 1975-76 and this time captains Glenn Turner and Sunil Gavaskar shared the trophy after India managed to square the three-Test series 1-1 with an eight-wicket win in the final Test at Auckland
India made their third visit in 1980-81 and after two consecutive draws in the first two test,NZ won the third and last Test Match by 62 Runs and won the 3-Match Test Series 1-0
India made their fourth visit in 1989-90 under the Captaincy of Md Azaruddin but lost the 3-Match Test Series 1-0 to NZ under the captaincy of John Wright.This was also Sachin Tendulkar's first Visit to NZ
India made their fifth visit in 1993-94 and played just one test match which ended in a draw
India made their Sixth visit in 1998-99 to play a 3-Match Test Series which they lost 0-1
India made their Seventh visit in 2002-03 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly to play a 2-Match Test Series which they lost 0-2 to NZ under the captaincy of Stephen Fleming
India made their Eighth visit in 2008-09 to play a 3-Match Test Series which they won 1-0
India's Tour of New Zealand -Test Match Series So Far
India made their first Test tour of New Zealand in 1967-68 under the captainship of Tiger Pataudi and went on to register a historic 3-1 series win in the 4-Match Test Series
India made their second visit in 1975-76 and this time captains Glenn Turner and Sunil Gavaskar shared the trophy after India managed to square the three-Test series 1-1 with an eight-wicket win in the final Test at Auckland
India made their third visit in 1980-81 and after two consecutive draws in the first two test,NZ won the third and last Test Match by 62 Runs and won the 3-Match Test Series 1-0
India made their fourth visit in 1989-90 under the Captaincy of Md Azaruddin but lost the 3-Match Test Series 1-0 to NZ under the captaincy of John Wright.This was also Sachin Tendulkar's first Visit to NZ
India made their fifth visit in 1993-94 and played just one test match which ended in a draw
India made their Sixth visit in 1998-99 to play a 3-Match Test Series which they lost 0-1
India made their Seventh visit in 2002-03 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly to play a 2-Match Test Series which they lost 0-2 to NZ under the captaincy of Stephen Fleming
India made their Eighth visit in 2008-09 to play a 3-Match Test Series which they won 1-0
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