India vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 1 Live Score: The match is being held in Kanpur.India vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 1 Live Score Online Streaming Updates: India will take on New Zealand in the first Test of the two-match series after clean sweeping the three-match T20I series at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Thursday.
For the opening Test, India will be without stalwarts like KL Rahul (injury), Virat Kohli (rested), Mohammed Shami (rested), Jasprit Bumrah (rested), and Rishabh Pant (rested). Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Test side in absence of regular captain Kohli, who will return for the second Test. Shreyas Iyer will be making his Test debut. On the other hand, the visitors will be hoping to get off to a good start with Kane Williamson coming back to lead his team in both the encounters. New Zealand, who currently hold the top spot in the ICC Test rankings, crushed India in the ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 final earlier in July.
"Three brisk strides, the last longer than the first two, Rahul Dravid broke into his delivery stride with an effortless whirl of his shoulder, floated an off-break into Cheteshwar Pujara at the nets. The ball landed just outside the off-stump to encounter the visage of Pujara’s stretched and dead-straight bat. The ball dropped dead beside his feet, and as Pujara threw the ball back at Dravid, the latter gestured to him with a flick of his wrists that he could not cajole the flight he had wanted." | READ MORE |
India (Probable Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand (Probable Playing XI): Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell (wk), Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner
Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the first Test between India and New Zealand. After breezing past the visitors 3-0 in the recently concluded T20I series, India will be hoping to assert their dominance in the longest format too. Stay tuned!