Rohit Sharma’s Team India will take on Tim Southee-led New Zealand in first T20 of the three match series at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on November 17.
New Zealand were the runner-up at the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup held in UAE, where they lost in the final to Australia.
Team India could not qualify for the knockouts after loss to Pakistan and New Zealand in the league stage. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid have replaced Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri after the T20 WC, which was the last assignment for the captain-coach combo.
The match will begin at 7 pm (IST).
India playing XI from:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel and Avesh Khan.
New Zealand playing XI from:
Tim Southee (Captain), Glenn Phillips (Wicketkeeper), Tim Seifert (Wicketkeeper), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi.
