New Zealand will host India for complete tour in 2020. 40 days tour starting from 24th January 2020 India tour of New Zealand will be comprised of 05 T20, 03 One Day Internationals and 02 Test matches. If you are looking for complete details of India vs New Zealand Series than we have gathered all relevant information from this highly anticipated series.
India Tour of New Zealand 2020 – Squad & Team Details
As India vs New Zealand tour will begin from the T20 series so both teams have announced squad for T20 phase of the tour only so far.
India Squad vs New Zealand 2020
India’s T20I squad for NZ tour announced: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, S Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, W Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 12, 2020
India has maintained almost the same squad which have faced Sri Lanka for T20. Rohit Sharma has been recalled to T20 squad after getting much needed rest form the nonstop cricket he has been playing for team India. Like Rohit Sharma, another player Mohammad Shami also gets a recall to Indian team in shortest format of the game.
Al-rounder Hardik Pandya who has been nursing injury from some time and is still out of the national side and may be considered for ODI and Test matches scheduled later.
Explosive opener Shikhar Dhawan who sustained injury while fielding in 3rd ODI against Australia has been ruled out from the T20 series against New Zealand, despite named in squad announced initially by BCCI. His replacement hasn’t been announced as yet.
India T20 Squad vs New Zealand: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami
New Zealand Squad vs India 2020
Injury prone New Zealand facing depleted resources as their trio of fast bowlers Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson all nursing injuries which they sustained in recently concluded New Zealand tour of Australia.
All-rounder Jimmay Neesham also sidelined after sustaining a thigh injury in domestic T20 match. Neesham is highly rated in New Zealand cricket/
32 year old Fast bowler Hamish Kyle Bennett who has represented New Zealand in 01 test match and 16 ODI ‘s has been recalled to boost pace attack and may make his debut in 1st T20 to be played on 24th Jan, 2020 at Auckland. Hamish Bennett last represented New Zealand at International Level 2 years ago when he played against Bangladesh in an ODI match on May, 2019.
New Zealand T20 Squad vs India : Kane Williamson (captain), Hamish Bennett, Tom Bruce (games 4-5), Colin de Grandhomme (games 1-3), Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Blair Tickner, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.
New Zealand Tour of India Schedule 2020
New Zealand vs India T20 Schedule 2020
India vs New Zealand T20 series will start at Auckland from 24th January, 2020,. 2nd T20 match will also take place at Auckland on 26th January, 2020. Both teams will head to Hamilton for 3rd T20 on 29th January, 2020 and move forward to Wellington and Mount Maunganui for 04th and 5th T20 respectively on 31st January & 02nd February, 2020. All T20 matches scheduled as day/night games.
| Date | Match Type | Description | Venue | Mode |
| 24 January 2020 | T20I | New Zealand vs India | Auckland | Day/Night |
| 26 January 2020 | T20I | New Zealand vs India | Auckland | Day/Night |
| 29 January 2020 | T20I | New Zealand vs India | Hamilton | Day/Night |
| 31 January 2020 | T20I | New Zealand vs India | Wellington | Day/Night |
| 02 February 2020 | T20I | New Zealand vs India | Mount Maunganui | Day/Night |
India vs New Zealand ODI Schedule 2020
Three match ODI series between New Zealand vs India will start at Hamilton on 05th February, 2020, followed by 2nd and 3rd ODI at Wellington and Mount Maunganui on 08th & 11th February, 2020 respectively.
| Date | Match Type | Description | Venue | Mode |
| 05 February 2020 | ODI | New Zealand vs India | Hamilton | Day/Night |
| 08 February 2020 | ODI | New Zealand vs India | Auckland | Day/Night |
| 11 February 2020 | ODI | New Zealand vs India | Mount Maunganui | Day/Night |
Ind vs NZ Test Series Schedule 2020
Final showdown of Ind vs NZ series will start with 02 test match series. Wellington will host the first test match which starts at 21st Feb, 2020. Followed by 2nd test match at Christchurch on 29th Feb, 2020.
| Date | Match Type | Description | Venue | Mode |
| 21 – 25 Feb, 2020 | 1st Test | New Zealand vs India | Wellington | Day |
| 29 – 04 Mar, 2020 | 2nd Test | New Zealand vs India | Christchurch | Day |
Head to Head Record New Zealand vs India
Head to Head Record India vs New Zealand T20
Both teams have faced each other 11 times in T20 cricket out of which India have registered wins in 03 matches and 08 T20 matches resulted in New Zealand win.
| Matches | Ind Win | NZ Win | N/R |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
If we look at T20 matches played in New Zealand. India managed just 01 win whereas New Zealand won 04 matches played at their home soil.
| Matches | Ind Win | NZ Win | N/R |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
04 times both teams have featured in a bilateral T20 series since games inception. New Zealand winning 03 times (all in New Zealand) whereas India only series that held in India.
Head to Head Record New Zealand vs India ODI
India vs New Zealand ODI matches took place on 107 occasions, India winning 55 of those encounters, whereas New Zealand winning 46 ODI matches. One match ended in tie.
| Matches | Ind Win | NZ Win | Tied / N/R |
| 107 | 55 | 46 | 6 |
New Zealand has slightly better returns when they face India in New Zealand. Securing 22 victories in 39 attempts, whereas India won 14 matches.
| Matches | Ind Win | NZ Win | Tied / N/R |
| 39 | 22 | 14 | 3 |
Head to Head Record Ind vs NZ Test Matches
India vs New Zealand test matches held on 57 occasions. New Zealand winning 10 and India secured wins on 21 of those matches.
| Matches | Ind Win | NZ Win | Tied / N/R |
| 57 | 21 | 10 | 26 |
New Zealand win percentage against India at home soil increases as they won 8 and lost 5 test matches out of the 23 test matches played on KIWI soil.
| Matches | Ind Win | NZ Win | Tied / N/R |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
NZ vs Ind Match Timings
New Zealand vs India T20 matches will start at 08:00 PM New Zealand local time, whereas as per Indian Standard time India vs New Zealand T20 matches will start at 12:00 PM.
India vs New Zealand ODI matches will start on 03:00 PM as per New Zealand time. Indian viewers need to tune in at 07:00 AM to see live action from the series.
For test matches Indian viewers needs to woke up midnight as early as 03:30 AM to see live action, as India vs New Zealand test match will start 11:30 AM New Zealand time.
Live TV Telecast of India vs New Zealand Series 2020
Star Sports 1/HD, Star Sports 2/HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi/HD, Star Sports SELECT 1/HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil in India and other territories where these channels can be viewed.
Dordarshan will telecast all matches of India tour New Zealand exclusively for viewers in India.
Sky Sports NZ holds the official broadcast for viewers in New Zealand. Viewers in UK, Ireland and New Zealand can see live action of all the matches of India Tour of New Zealand 2020.